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Abbaye de Saint-Ruf d'Avignon

Avignon, France · built 1100

The abbey of Saint-Ruf (Occitan: Abadia de Sant-Ruf) was a house of canons regular in the city of Avignon between the 11th and 18th centuries. It was the mother house and original headquarters of the Order of Saint-Ruf. After 1158, it was reduced to a priory.

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