Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

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The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a historic Benedictine monastery in Paris, renowned as one of the city’s oldest churches and a former intellectual and religious center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
church
historic monument
affiliation Catholic Church in France
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
burialPlaceOf Childebert I
linked to: King Childebert I

Fredegund
Merovingian kings
linked to: Merovingian dynasty
cityQuarterGaveNameTo Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood
country France
dedicatedTo Saint Germanus of Paris
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Archdiocese of Paris
eraOfMajorConstruction 11th century
12th century
foundationDate 6th century
circa 543
foundedBy Childebert I
linked to: King Childebert I

Saint Germain of Paris
function place of worship
tourist attraction
hasPart bell tower
choir
church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
cloister (historical)
nave
transept
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France
heritageDesignationDate 1862
knownFor being one of the oldest churches in Paris
medieval intellectual life
religious scholarship
royal necropolis in the early Middle Ages
locatedIn 6th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter
locatedNear Boulevard Saint-Germain NERFINISHED
Seine River
linked to: River Seine
namedAfter Saint Germanus of Paris
openToPublic yes
originalFunction monastic community
royal abbey
religiousOrder Benedictines
status parish church
towerHeight approximately 37 meters
underwentEvent destruction of much of the abbey during the French Revolution

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John II Casimir Vasa residenceAfterAbdication Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Prison de l'Abbaye namedAfter abbey of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés
linked to: Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Martyrology of Usuard placeOfComposition Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
subject linked to: Robert I
Saint Germain of Paris hasPlaceNamedAfter Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Saint Germain of Paris burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Childebert I burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
subject linked to: King Childebert I
Childebert I founded Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
subject linked to: King Childebert I
Jean Mabillon workLocation Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Jean Mabillon employer Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Jean Mabillon burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
linked to: Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés