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Territorial Abbey of Nonantola

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Up to the 11th century Nonantola was an imperial monastery, and its discipline often suffered severely on account of imperial interference in the election of abbots: Nonantola was in fact one of the most powerful abbeys of
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edifice built during the tenure of abbot Damian, which in the early 20th century was restored to its original early 12th-century condition. The church has a nave and two aisles, with the
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restored it as a monastery on 23 January 1821, with the provision that the prelature nullius attached to it should belong to the Archbishop of
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The Town Hall of Nonantola is now accommodated in some of the remaining monastic buildings, in one of which 11th-century
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appointed Anselm its first abbot, and presented some relics of Saint Sylvester to the abbey, named in consequence
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in 1083. It finally declared itself openly for the papal party in 1111. In that year the famous monk
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Nonantola has the skulls; the remaining relics of Theopontus and Senesius are in the church of
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in 1783, during the abbacy of Francesco Maria d'Este, with a collegiate foundation of canons.
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and control over it was considered a major issue by the emperors and popes. It had a famous
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The decline of the monastery can be dated to 1419, when it came under the jurisdiction of
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In 900 the monastery and church were completely destroyed by invading
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it sided with the emperor, until forced to submit to the pope by
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and is the co-cathedral of the diocese of Modena-Nonantola.
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Centro Studi Storici Nonantolani: The Saints of Nonantola
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in 1768. Alternatively it may have been replaced by Duke
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Museo Benedettino Nonantolano e Diocesano di Arte Sacra
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Christian monasteries established in the 8th century
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Nonantola Abbey
Saint Sylvester
Benedictine
monastery
prelature nullius
Nonantola
Modena
Emilia Romagna
Italy
basilica



Saint Sylvester

Saint Anselm
Friuli
Lombard
Aistulf
Pope Stephen II
Monte Cassino
Desiderius
Charlemagne
Peter of Nonantola
Constantinople
Ansfrid
Charles the Fat
Pope Marinus I
Hungarians
Europe

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