Holy Cross Abbey (Poitiers)
The Abbey of the Holy Cross was a French Benedictine monastery of nuns founded in the 6th century. Destroyed during the French Revolution, a new monastery with the same name was built in a nearby location during the 19th century for a community of Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus.
Abbaye de Sainte-Croix | |
Walls of the pre-Revolutionary abbey buildings, dating from the 16th century | |
Location within Poitou-Charentes | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Abbey of Saint Mary |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Established | 552 |
| Disestablished | c. 1569 |
| Dedicated to | Feast of the Holy Cross |
| Dedicated date | 567 |
| Diocese | Poitiers |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Saint Agnes |
| Important associated figures | Saint Radegund, Saint Aredius, Saint Eufronius |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Style | Merovingian |
| Site | |
| Location | Saint-Benoît, Poitiers |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 46.5798°N 0.3519°E |
| Website | www |
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