Ruined, it was rebuilt and reformed at the end of the 7th century by Meneleus of Menat, who came from Anjou to flee his parents who wanted to arrange a marriage for him.

It was subsequently fortified to face the bands of brigands who pillaged and destroyed the country.

The cloister rested on the church to the south, the abbey dwelling to the west, the kitchen and refectory to the north, the chapter house (with the dormitory on the first floor) to the east.

The refectory, a large rectangular room with Gothic decor built in the fourteenth century, lost its roof, and its southern wall collapsed in 1987.

In the nave, a capital, used as a baptismal font, represents the legend of Ménélée, the patron saint of the monastery.