Bec Hellouin Abbey | monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage

France / Haute-Normandie / Le Bec-Hellouin /
 monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage
Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec is a Benedictine monastic foundation in Le Bec Hellouin, in the Eure département. It was founded in 1039 by Herluin, a Norman knight who in about 1031 left the court of Gilbert, Count of Brionne, to devote himself to a life of religion: the commune of Le Bec Hellouin preserves his name.
In 1948 the site was re-settled as the Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Bec by Benedictine monks led by Dom Grammont, who effected some restorations.
Population -16 Monks (2008)

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Abbaye Notre Dame du Bec
27 800 Le Bec-Hellouin

Tél. : 02 32 43 72 60
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bec_Abbey
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Coordinates:   49°13'39"N   0°43'15"E
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