List of Carolingian monasteries

For a contemporary list from 819, see Notitia de servitio monasteriorum.

This is a partial list of monasteries of the Carolingian Empire, in Western Europe around the year 800.

Abbey  | Location (present-day)  | Foundation date (traditional)  | Founder (traditional)

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Altomünster Abbey | Altomünster | before 760  | Alto
Amorbach Abbey | Amorbach | 734  | Amor, disciple of Pirmin
Andernach Abbey | Andernach |  |
Annegray Abbey | La Voivre | c.585-590  | Columbanus
Argenteuil Abbey | Argenteuil | 656 / first mentioned 697  |
Barisis-aux-Bois Abbey | Barisis-aux-Bois |  |
Benedictbeuren Abbey | Benediktbeuern | 739/740  | Lanfrid, Waldram and Eliland
Blois Abbey | Blois |  |
Bobbio Abbey | Bobbio | 614  | Columbanus
Bruyères-le-Châtel Abbey | Bruyères-le-Châtel | 673  | Chlotilde
Chelles Abbey | Chelles | 657/660  | Balthild
Condat Abbey | Saint-Claude | 657/660  | Romanus and Lupicinus
Corbie Abbey | Corbie | 657/661  | Balthild
Disentis Abbey | Disentis | 700  |
Dol Abbey | Dol-de-Bretagne | 6th century  | Samson of Dol
Echternach Abbey | Echternach | 698  | Willibrord
Ellwangen Abbey | Ellwangen | c. 764  | Herulph and Ariolf
Faremoutiers Abbey | Faremoutiers | 620  | Burgundofara
Fécamp Abbey | Fécamp | c. 658  | Waningus
Ferrières Abbey | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | c. 630  | Columbanus
Flavigny Abbey | Flavigny-sur-Ozerain | 717  | Widerad
Fleury Abbey | Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire | c. 640  | Leodebaldus
Fritzlar Abbey | Fritzlar | c. 732  | Boniface
Gengenbach Abbey | Gengenbach | in or after 727  | Pirmin
Gorze Abbey | Gorze | c. 757  | Chrodegang
Frauenchiemsee Abbey | Chiemsee | 782  | Tassilo III
Fulda Abbey | Fulda | 744  | Sturm
Hautmont Abbey | Hautmont | 646?  | Vincent Madelgarius
Hautvillers Abbey | Hautvillers | 650  | Nivard
Herbrechtingen Abbey | Herbrechtingen |  |
Herford Abbey | Herford | c. 800  | Waltger
Herrenchiemsee Abbey | Chiemsee | 782  | Tassilo III
Hersfeld Abbey | Bad Hersfeld | before 744, refounded 769  | Sturm, Lullus
Holy Cross Abbey | Poitiers | 552  | Radegunde
Holzkirchen Abbey | Holzkirchen |  |
Homburg Abbey | Homburg an der Unstrut |  |
Honau Abbey | La Wantzenau | 720  | Adalbert
Hornbach Abbey | Hornbach, Germany | c. 741  | Pirmin
Innichen Abbey | Innichen | 769  | Tassilo III
Jouarre Abbey | Jouarre | 630  | Ado
Jumièges Abbey | Jumièges | c. 654  | Philibert
Kaiserswerth Abbey | Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth |  |
Kempten Abbey | Kempten | 752  | Audogar
Klingenmünster Abbey | Klingenmünster | 626  |
Kitzingen Abbey | Kitzingen |  |
Kochel Abbey | Kochel |  |
Kremsmünster Abbey | Kremsmünster | 777  | Tassilo III
Landévennec Abbey | Landévennec | c. 490  | Winwaloe
Lérins Abbey | Île Saint-Honorat | c. 410  | Honoratus
Liessies Abbey | Liessies | 751  | Wilbert
Lobbes Abbey | Lobbes | c. 645  | Landelin
Loches Abbey | Loches |  |
Lorsch Abbey | Lorsch | 764  | Cancor
Luxeuil Abbey | Luxeuil-les-Bains | c. 590  | Columbanus
Marchtal Abbey | Obermarchtal | before 776  |
Marmoutier Abbey | Marmoutier | c. 590 or 659  | Leobard?
Maroilles Abbey | Maroilles | c. 650  | Radobert
Mazerolles Abbey | Mazerolles |  |
Metten Abbey | Metten | c. 766  | Gamelbert
Mettlach Abbey | Mettlach | c. 676  | Leudwinus
Michaelbeuern Abbey | Dorfbeuern | 736  |
Mondsee Abbey | Mondsee | 748  | Odilo
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey | Mont-Saint-Michel | 709  | Aubert
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey | Mont Sainte-Odile | c. 690  | Odile
Montier-en-Der Abbey | Montier-en-Der | c. 670  | Bercharius
Moutier-Grandval Abbey | Moutier, Grandval | c. 640  |
Munster Abbey | Munster |  |
Murbach Abbey | Murbach | 727  | Pirmin
Nantua Abbey | Nantua | c.660  | Amandus[1]
Neustadt am Main Abbey | Neustadt am Main | 738  | Burchard
Niederaltaich Abbey | Niederalteich | 741  | Odilo
Nivelles Abbey | Nivelles | 640  | Gertrude
Noirmoutier Abbey | Noirmoutier | 674  | Philibert
Nonantola Abbey | Nonantola | 752  | Anselm of Nonantola
Nouaillé Abbey | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | End of seventh century[2] |
Novalesa Abbey | Novalesa | 726  | Abbo
Ochsenfurt Abbey | Ochsenfurt |  |
Ohrdruf Abbey | Ohrdruf |  |
Orbais Abbey | Orbais-l'Abbaye |  |
Ottobeuren Abbey | Ottobeuren | 764  | Toto
Péronne Abbey | Péronne |  |
Pfäfers Abbey | Pfäfers | 731  |
Prüm Abbey | Prüm | 721  | Bertrada and Caribert
Rebais Abbey | Rebais | 630/640  | Audoin
Reichenau Abbey | Reichenau Island | 724  | Pirmin
Remiremont Abbey | Remiremont | c. 620  | Romaric
Reuil-en-Brie Abbey | Reuil-en-Brie | 7th century  | Rado
Rheinau Abbey | Rheinau | c. 778  |
Romainmôtier Abbey | Romainmôtier-Envy | c. 450  | Romanus of Condat
Saint-Amand Abbey | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 633/639  | Amandus
St Andoche Abbey | Autun | 592  | Brunhilde
Saint-Aubin d’Angers Abbey | Angers | Before 616  | Bobenus?
Saint Bavo's Abbey | Ghent | 7th century  | Amandus
Saint Bertin Abbey | Saint-Omer | 648  | Bertin
Sainte Colombe Abbey | Sens | 620  | Chlothar II
Saint-Denis Abbey | Saint-Denis | 623/39  | Dagobert I
Saint Eloi Abbey | Noyon | 645  | Eligius
Saint Emmeram's Abbey | Regensburg | c. 739  |
St Gall Abbey | St. Gallen | 1st half 8th century  | Gall
Saint Genevieve Abbey | Paris | 502?  | Chlodowech & Saint Clotilde
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Abbey | Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | First mentioned 819  |
Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey | Paris | c. 557  | Germanus
Saint Glossinde Abbey | Metz | c. 604  | Glossinde
Saint-Hubert Abbey | Saint-Hubert | 687  | Pepin of Herstal
Saint John Abbey | Müstair | c. 780  |
St. John the Great Abbey | Autun | First mentioned in 589  | Syagrius of Autun
Saint Junian Abbey | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 6th century  | Junian
St. Ludger's Abbey | Helmstedt | c. 800  | Ludger
Saint Lucian Abbey | Beauvais | c. 585 | Chilperic I?
St Martin Abbey | Autun | c. 589  | Syagrius of Autun
St Maixent Abbey | Saint-Maixent-l'École | 459?  | Agapitus, but named after Maxentius
Saint-Maurice d'Agaune Abbey | Saint-Maurice | 515  | Sigismund of Burgundy
Saint-Médard de Soissons Abbey | Soissons | 557  | Chlothar I
Saint Mesmin Abbey | Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin | ca. 501  | Euspicius
Saint Mihiel Abbey | Saint-Mihiel | 708/709  | Wulfoalde and Adalsinde
Saint Peter's Abbey | Ghent | 7th century  | Amandus
Saint Peter Abbey | Solignac | 631  | Eligius
Saint-Pierre de la Couture Abbey | Le Mans | before 616  | Bertechramus
Saint Pierre-le-Bas Abbey | Vienne | 6th century  | Leonianus
Saint-Pierre-le-Vif Abbey | Sens | 6th century  | Theudechild
Sankt Pölten Abbey | Sankt Pölten |  |
Saint-Quentin Abbey | Saint-Quentin | 7th century  | Chlodovech II
Saint-Riquier Abbey | Saint-Riquier | 625  | Richarius
Saint-Sauveur Abbey | Sarlat | 750  |
Saint Symphorian Abbey | Metz | c. 609  | Pappolus
Sint-Truiden Abbey | Sint-Truiden | c. 655  | Trudo
Saint-Vaast Abbey | Arras | 667  | Audebert
Saint Wandrille Abbey | Saint-Wandrille-Rançon | 648  | Wandregisel
Schäftlarn Abbey | Schäftlarn | 762  | Waltrich
Schänis Abbey | Schänis | 9th century  |
Schuttern Abbey | Schuttern | 603  | Offo
Solnhofen Abbey | Solnhofen |  |
Staffelsee Abbey | Staffelsee | c. 740  | Lanfrid, Waldram and Eliland
Stavelot-Malmedy Abbey | Stavelot, Malmedy | 648  | Remaclus
Susteren Abbey | Susteren | First mentioned in 711  | Willibrord
Tauberbischofsheim Abbey | Tauberbischofsheim |  | Boniface
Tegernsee Abbey | Tegernsee | 746 or 765  |
Tonnerre Abbey | Tonnerre | c.800[3] |
Weissenburg Abbey | Wissembourg | 661  | Dragobodo
Weltenburg Abbey | Weltenburg | c. 617  | Agilus and Eustace
Werden Abbey | Werden | 799  | Ludger
Wessobrun Abbey | Wessobrunn | 753  | Tassilo III

## Sources

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* Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians (1983), p. 377\. This is a map, and excludes monasteries attached directly to episcopal sees.

## Notes

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1. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Belley
2. ^ "Abbaye de Nouaillé-Maupertuis - Nouaillé-Maupertuis- Le Patrimoine de la Vienne". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
3. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Sens

## See also

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* Carolingian architecture
* Carolingian art
* Carolingian dynasty
* Carolingian Empire
* Carolingian minuscule
* Carolingian Renaissance