Saint Maurus
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Saint Maurus was a Benedictine monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery
Saint Benedict orders Saint Maurus to the rescue of Saint Placidus by Friar Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (ca.1445).
Statue of St. Maurus in India
Maurus in the Golden Legend (1497)
Detail from Madonna and Child with St Maurus, Castel Nuovo Napoli
Saint-Maur Abbey
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Saint-Maur Abbey, originally called the Abbaye des Fossés, is a former abbey now subsumed in the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés suburb of Paris, France. The remains and the domain of the abbey have been transf
La tour Rabelais
Exemption granted by Louis the Pious to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés from all tolls and traffic rights dated 20 June 816. Archives nationales.
Remains of the abbey of Saint-Maur
The Rabelais tower viewed from the exterior.