The presence of these two crosiers in the environment of Villeloin Abbey gives an indication of its original location, founded as early as the ninth century, in the medieval period.

The chivalry Mainard intended to found a monastery, "in pago videlicet Turonico, super fluvium cui nomen est Andrisco in loco qui dicitur, rustico vocàbulo, Villalupa."

(sentence in Latin from the Cartulaire de Cormery, translated as follows: "namely, in Touraine in the village, near the river, whose name is Andrisco in the place they say, whose rustic name was Villalupa.[3]").

It was built during the reign of Charles II, King of the Franks, who in 850 gave his approval and placed it under the authority of the Cormery abbey (also run by Benedictines).

His warlord Lisois d'Amboise is buried in the abbey church (Jacques-Xavier Carré de Busserolle [fr], tome VI, p. 421).

On August 11, 1301, during his trip to Loches, Philippe le Bel stayed in the abbey: "Later, a brilliant and numerous procession entered Villeloin, leaving the next day and crossing the forest to go to Loches; it was King Philippe le Bel, accompanied by his royal wife, Jeanne de Navarre, Countess of Champagne, Bric and Bigorre, daughter of Henri I, King of Navarre.

[1] We are also aware of the important donations that served as the economic basis for the community's life, notably that of the La Béraudière estate made in 1335 by Ingelger d'Amboise.

[4] In the same year, the monks obtained from King Charles VI that the watch and guard of the abbey should be taken over by the inhabitants, who had previously performed these duties on behalf of Loches.

In 1667, with the consent of the Abbé de Marolles, monks from the Congregation of Saint Maur entered the convent to establish the reform, which did not really take effect until January 1, 1669.

After spending some time at the priory of Grandmont-Villiers [fr], Brunet was received as a novice at Villeloin on February 20, 1588; and, as he was recognized as having solid intellectual qualities, he was given the task of teaching "grammar", which he did for four years.

Pierre Brunet celebrated his first mass on August 5, 1590, and his active mind and sound judgment led to him being asked on several occasions to take on difficult missions to defend the rights of the convent, particularly in Paris and Tours.

In this capacity, under the Abbot's direction, Pierre Brunet classified and copied the various titles of the convent, which he collected in several carefully bound volumes, a task he had to interrupt due to illness.

Meanwhile, in 1617, his devotion led him to copy the Book of Spiritual Doctrine by Saint Étienne de Muret, founder of the Grandmont order, and the manuscript appears to be the one in the Tours library.

These testimonials of confidence were crowned by his appointment in May 1622 to the dignity of Prior, which established him as the monastic director of the convent, with the abbots, commendataires taking particular care of temporal matters.

With his noble, disinterested spirit, truly enamored of the beauty of the ascetic life in its highest sense, Brunet has well deserved both his convent and the Benedictine order in general.

Dom Brunet, with his distinguished and carefully ornamented intelligence, combined his taste for historical research with a knowledge of antiquity, and was very familiar with the classics.

His first task was to write a simple, unpretentious history of the abbey, based on the documents kept in the chartrier and his personal recollections, under the title of "Mémoire".

In addition to recounting events relating to Conventual life, Brunet took special care to note the arts and the work carried out in the abbey and its outbuildings, making a valuable contribution to the artistic history of the region.

The festivities, the visits of people of quality, the sumptuous existence of the abbots, the picture of feudal and rural life, the curious incidents, the thousand details of each day, give this account a very special interest.

The learned abbot was very fond of his prior and, in accordance with his remarks, was grateful for his excellent dispositions, particularly in his "laborious writings, and especially in the great Inventory of all the titles of the House of Nevers".

The priories of Épeigné, Francueil, Saint-Martin-de-Verton, Saint-Sauveur d'Amboise, Saint-Pantaléon-de-Sur, Luçay-le-Mâle, Cros, Vou and Saint-Médard depended on the Villeloin abbey.

Abbé Michel de Marolles (born in Genillé (Indre-et-Loire) on July 22, 1600; died in Paris on March 6, 1681) was a French translator and historian, renowned for his collection of prints.

During work carried out in the Villeloin-Coulangé commune in the early 1920s, two abbey crooks were found: A thirteenth-century pastoral crozier has been listed as a monuments historiques since July 9, 1921.