Payerne Priory
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Payerne Priory was a Cluniac monastery at Payerne, in Vaud, Switzerland. The monastery is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Exterior of the priory church
Wall paintings in the priory church
View of the nave looking toward the choir
Payerne Church from East
Adelaide of Italy
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Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the firs
Payerne Priory
…site of national significance. It was founded between 950 and 960 by the Burgundy royal family and especially by Queen Bertha of Burgundy. In 965, the Empress Adelaide placed the priory under Cluny Abbey. On 2 February 1033, Emperor Conrad II held an assembly, was elected, and crowned King of Burgundy at the abbey…
Sainte Adélaïde Église de Toury, vitraux par Lorin
Statues of Adelaide and her second spouse Otto I, the donors of Meissen Cathedral
Chapel of St. Adelaide, Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz
Relic attributed to St. Adelaide