Bassac Abbey

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Bassac Abbey Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Bassac
ESE view of the abbey (12th–18th centuries), Bassac, Charente, France
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
District	Charente
Province	Poitou-Charentes
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	existing
Year consecrated	1002
Location
Location	Bassac, Charente
Geographic coordinates	45°39′43″N 0°06′19″W / 45.661836°N 0.105384°W / 45.661836; -0.105384Coordinates: 45°39′43″N 0°06′19″W / 45.661836°N 0.105384°W / 45.661836; -0.105384
Website
abbayebassac.com

The abbey from the Monasticon Gallicanum (17th century)

Bassac Abbey (French: Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Bassac) is a former Benedictine monastery in Bassac, Charente, France, in the former diocese of Saintes .

The abbey was founded in 1002 by Wardrade Lorichès, count of la Marche and first known Lord of Jarnac, and his wife Rixendis on their return from a pilgrimage to Rome. Both were later buried in the abbey church),^[1] which was consecrated in around 1015 by Grimoard, Bishop of Angoulême, and his brother Iso, Bishop of Saintes. In 1095 the abbey was made subordinate to the abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély by Pope Urban II^[2] but regained its independence in 1246.^[3] Bassac Abbey was largely reconstructed under Guillaume de Vibrac, abbot from 1247 to 1286.^[4][5]

It was suppressed in 1791 during the French Revolution. The buildings were sold off as biens nationaux ("state property") except for the church, which became the parish church.^[6]

From 1947 to 2012 the surviving buildings were occupied and partly restored by the Congrégation des frères missionnaires de Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus. The site was sold in 2015 to a trust ("société civile immobilièree") for renovation as a "cultural and spiritual space of international dimensions" ("espace culturel et spirituel de dimension internationale").^[7]

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