Lérins Abbey

abbey located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France

6 dated entries naming Lérins Abbey, drawn from 6 separate years between 410 CE and 1197 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

  • 410Honoratus founds the Monastery of Lérins on the île Saint-Honorat (France), and forms a monastic community.source

10th century

  • 954Seborga (modern-day Liguria) comes under the jurisdiction of the Benedictine monks of Santo Onorato of Lérins.source

12th century

  • 1107Saracen pirates raid the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat, on the Lérins Islands .source
  • 1125Saracen pirates raid the city of Antibes in Provence and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands (French Riviera).source
  • 1178July 17 – Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the Cistercian monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands, and the city of Toulon, killing an estimated 300 and taking captives. The surviving captives are freed from the Balearic Islands in 1185.source
  • 1197Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the city of Toulon in Provence, and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat, on the Lérins Islands.source

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