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Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges

Limoges, France · built 801

The Abbey of Saint Martial (Abbaye Saint-Martial, Limoges, Limousin: Abadiá de Sent Marçau de Limòtges) was a monastery in Limoges, France, founded in 848 and dissolved in 1791. The buildings were razed at the beginning of the 19th century. The only remaining part is the 10th-century crypt, which was rediscovered in 1960, and which contains the tomb of Saint Martial, the first bishop of Limoges, and also that of Saint Valerie of Limoges, another, possibly legendary, early martyr.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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