Abbey of Saint-Ruf, Avignon

The abbey of Saint-Ruf was a house of canons regular in the city of Avignon between the 11th and 18th centuries.

The church, which lay outside the city walls to the south, is called an abbatiola (lit.

[1] On 1 January 1039, Bishop Benedict of Avignon granted the dilapidated church to four of his clergymen named Kamaldus, Odilo, Pontius and Durandus, upon their request.

As a result, when the stricter Ordo monasterii or second rule of Saint Augustine came into vogue, the abbey of Saint-Ruf stuck to the Regula tertia.

The cathedral chapters of Maguelone, Mende, Uzès, Tortosa and Tarragona adopted the customs of Saint-Ruf.

During the French Revolution, the buildings were confiscated and sold off as biens nationaux on 14 September 1796.