Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand

The Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand (French: Abbaye Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun) is a former Benedictine nunnery, in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, possibly founded by Queen Brunhilda and Bishop Syagrius of Autun.

[1] This monastery was plundered and destroyed by the Saracens in 732, and again in 765 by Waiofar, Duke of Aquitaine.

Charlemagne had it rebuilt and gave it the name of St.

[2] It was suppressed during the French Revolution.

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