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Letters of Abelard and Heloise with a Particular Account of Their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes: Extracted Chiefly From Monsieur Bayle by John Hughes, Esq., to Which Are Added, Four Poems, By Mr. Pope, and Other
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The buildings had disappeared by the beginning of the 20th century, except for the still extant but almost forgotten crypt of about 840.
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and seventy-two prelates; the king himself assisted in carrying the body of Saint Medard into the new church.
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The wealth of the abbey was immense. In the 12th century the community owned about two hundred and twenty
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Its wealth remained into the 16th century but the abbey was destroyed in 1567 during the
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was, as punishment, confined to the convent of Saint Medard. In 1131
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Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 25 September 2022
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reconsecrated the rebuilt church and granted those visiting it
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The rise of the Carolingians and the Liber historiae Francorum
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stayed at Saint-Médard, having celebrated Christmas with
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Goyau, Georges. "Soissons." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Christian monasteries established in the 6th century
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was imprisoned and underwent a public penance here.
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Index


Benedictine
France
Clotaire I
Syagrius
Soissons
Saint Medard
Sigebert I
Childeric III
Pippin the Short
Liber Historiae Francorum
Hilduin
Pope Eugene II
Saint Sebastian
Saint Gregory the Great
Saint Gildard
Saint Remigius
Charles the Bald
Pope Leo III
Charlemagne
Louis the Pious
Soissons
Peter Abelard
Pope Innocent II
indulgences
fiefs
Wars of Religion
French Revolution
Saint Arnold of Soissons
Bishop of Soissons

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