sentences:  The couple contributed to the structure's rebuilding and it became an important monastery in the Pays de la Loire.The new church was consecrated in 989 by Gombald, Archbishop of Bordeaux.Father Gausbert, cousin of Countess Emma, brought thirteen monks from Église Saint-Julien de Tours to create a Benedictine abbey, first settling in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, Vendée, about north of the current ruins.