Abbey of St Andoche, Autun

The Abbey of St. Andoche (French: Abbaye Saint-Andoche d'Autun, also Abbaye royale Sainte-Marie et Saint-Andoche d'Autun) in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, is a former Benedictine nunnery founded in 592 by Queen Brunhilda on the site of a Roman temple of Diana. The buildings largely survived the French Revolution.[1][2]

Abbey of St. Andoche

References
  1. Nathalie Verpeaux, Saint-Andoche et Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun au Moyen Âge, Publications Sorbonne, Hypothèses, 2004, p.218-221
  2. Notice no PA00125325 (archive), base Mérimée, ministère français de la Culture


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