Abbey of Saint-Ausone
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The abbey of Saint-Ausone is a Benedictine abbey founded in Angouleme in the Charente in the 11th century.
Cloître at Saint-Ausone
Autre côté du cloître
Clocher de l'église qui est près des remparts
Bibliothèque et toit du pigeonnier
Ausone would have been the first bishop of Angouleme. His burial would be on the edge of the city at the site where the Benedictine abbey of women took place.
Foundation of the Abbey
It is placed under the aegis of St Ausone and its term "Sepultus in confinio urbis, in occidental parte."
The ladies of Saint Ausona kept their monastery of Saint Calfagia, contemporary of Saint Ausonius, the first bishop of Angouleme. The monastery was created at the bottom of the ramparts, near the tomb of Saint Ausone.
Evolution of status
It is a Benedictine abbey of women. In memory of Saint Ausone the entrance of the bishops in Angoulême was done in procession of the monastery of Saint-Ausone until the cathedral.
The illegitimate daughter of Charles d'Orléans, Madeleine was abbess of 1476 to 1543.