Beaulieu-lès-Loches (French pronunciation: [boljø lɛ lɔʃ], literally Beaulieu near Loches) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
A great abbey church named Belli Locus dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre was founded in the early 11th century by Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou, who is buried in the chancel.
[3] In 1011 Pope Sergius IV donated some relics of Saints Chrysanthus and Daria and Fulk himself a piece of the Holy Sepulchre he stole from his visit to Jerusalem to the abbey.
[3] Here, Henry III of France signed the Edict of Beaulieu in 1576 to put an end to the fifth war of religion, granting Protestants better rights.
Isolated from the world by a five-meters-high wall, the convent was situated in a poorly drained marshy area, harmful to the health of the nuns, several of whom died early, of various fevers.
Despite the return of the kings to Touraine (Charles VII of France having lived in Loches) and the re-installation of some noble families in the town (for example, the house of Agnès Sorel), the position did not improve.