title: List of Merovingian monasteries
text: # List of Merovingian monasteries
  
  This is a list of monasteries founded during the Merovingian period, between the years c. 500 and c. 750. The abbeys aren't 'Merovingian' as such, although there are quite a few monasteries which were founded under royal Merovingian patronage, especially in the 7th and early 8th centuries.
  
  | Abbey | Location (present-day) | Foundation date (traditional) | Founder (traditional) | First abbot/abbess |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Altaripa Abbey | | | | |
  | Altmünster Abbey | Luxembourg City | | | |
  | Altomünster Abbey | Altomünster | c. 750 | Alto | |
  | Amorbach Abbey | Amorbach | 734 | Amor, disciple of Pirmin | Amor |
  | Andernach Abbey | Andernach | | | |
  | Annegray Abbey | La Voivre, Haute-Saône | c.585-590 | Columbanus | Columbanus |
  | Argenteuil Abbey | Argenteuil | 656 / first mentioned 697 | | |
  | Barisis au Bois Abbey | Barisis-aux-Bois | | | |
  | Benedictbeuren Abbey | Benediktbeuern | c.740, 969 (2nd creation, by Wolfold) | | |
  | Bobbio Abbey | Bobbio | 614 | Columbanus | Columbanus |
  | Abbey of Bruyères-le-Châtel | Bruyères-le-Châtel | 673 | Chlotilde | Mummola |
  | Chelles Abbey | Chelles, Seine-et-Marne | c.658 | Balthild | |
  | Chiemsee Abbey | Chiemsee | | | |
  | Saint Peter Abbey, Corbie | Corbie | c.660 | Balthild | Theofred |
  | Dol Abbey | Dol-de-Bretagne | 6th century | Samson of Dol | |
  | Echternach Abbey | Echternach | c. 698 | Willibrord | Willibrord |
  | Elnone | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | c. 633 | Amandus | Amandus |
  | Faremoutiers Abbey | Faremoutiers | c.620 | Burgundofara | |
  | Fécamp Abbey | Fécamp | 658 | Waningus | |
  | Ferrières Abbey | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | 630 | Columbanus | |
  | Saint Peter Abbey, Flavigny | Flavigny-sur-Ozerain | 717/19 | Widerad | Magnaoald |
  | Fleury Abbey | Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire | c.640 | Leodebaldus | Rigomer? |
  | Fritzlar Abbey (Frideslar) | Fritzlar | 724 | Boniface | |
  | Gorze Abbey | Gorze | 749 | Chrodegang of Metz | Droctegand |
  | Fontanella Abbey | Saint-Wandrille-Rançon | 648 | Wandregisel | Wandregisel |
  | Fulda Abbey | Fulda | 744 | Sturm | Sturm |
  | Hautmont Abbey | Hautmont | 646? | Vincent Madelgarius | Madelgar, named Vincentius |
  | Hautvillers Abbey | Hautvillers | | | |
  | Hersfeld Abbey | Bad Hersfeld | 736, again 769 | Sturm | |
  | Holy Cross Abbey, Poitiers | Poitiers | 552/8 | Radegunde | Agnes |
  | Holzkirchen Abbey | Holzkirchen, Lower Franconia | | | |
  | Honau Abbey | La Wantzenau | | | |
  | Hornbach Abbey | Hornbach, Germany | | | |
  | Abbey Notre-Dame de Jouarre | Jouarre | c. 630 | Ado | Theodechilde |
  | Saint Peter Abbey, Jumièges | Jumièges | 654 | Philibert | Philibert |
  | Kaiserwerth Abbey | Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth | | | |
  | Kempten Abbey | Kempten | | | |
  | Kitzingen Abbey | Kitzingen | | | |
  | Kochel Abbey | Kochel | | | |
  | Saint Lambert Abbey, Liessies | Liessies | c. 751 | Wilbert | Guntrad |
  | Lobbes Abbey | Lobbes | c. 650 | Landelin | Ursmar? |
  | Loches Abbey | Loches | | | |
  | Lorch Abbey | | | | |
  | Saint Peter and Paul Abbey, Luxeuil | Luxeuil-les-Bains | c.585/90 | Columbanus | Columbanus |
  | Marmoutier Abbey | Marmoutier | c.589 or 659? | Leobard? | Leobard |
  | Maroilles Abbey | Maroilles | c. 650 | Radobert | Humbert |
  | Mettlach Abbey | Mettlach | c. 676 | Leudwinus | |
  | Mondsee Abbey | Mondsee (town) | 748 | Odilo of Bavaria | |
  | Mont-St-Michel Abbey | Mont-Saint-Michel | 708 | Aubert | |
  | Montier-en-Der Abbey | Montier-en-Der | Ca 670 | Berchar(ius) | |
  | Murbach Abbey | Murbach | 727 | Pirmin | |
  | Nantua Abbey | Nantua | c.660 | Amandus | |
  | Saint Maurice Abbey, Niederaltaich | Niederalteich | 731 or 741 | Odilo of Bavaria | Eberswind |
  | Nivelles Abbey | Nivelles | c.640 | Gertrude of Nivelles | |
  | Noirmoutier Abbey | Noirmoutier | 674 | Philibert | |
  | Saint Junian Abbey, Nouaillé-Maupertuis | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 6th century | Junian | Junian |
  | Novalese Abbey | Novalesa | 726 | Abbo of Provence | |
  | Ochsenfurt Abbey | Ochsenfurt | | | |
  | Orbais Abbey | Orbais-l'Abbaye | | | |
  | Péronne Abbey | | | | |
  | Prüm Abbey | Prüm | 720/21 | Bertrada of Prüm and Caribert of Laon | Angloard |
  | Rebais Abbey | Rebais | 630s | Audoin of Rouen | |
  | Reichenau Abbey | Reichenau | 724 | Pirmin | |
  | Abbey of Reuil-en-Brie | Reuil-en-Brie | 7th century | Rado | |
  | Abbey of Saint-Sauveur, Sarlat | Sarlat | 8th century? | | |
  | Saint-Andoche Abbey | Autun | 592 | Brunhilde | Thalassia |
  | Saint-Aubin d’Angers | Angers | Before 616 | | Bobenus? |
  | Saint Bavo Abbey, Ghent | Ghent | c. 630 | Amandus | |
  | Sainte Colombe Abbey, Sens | Sens | 620 | Chlothar II | Aggo ? |
  | Saint Denis Abbey | Saint-Denis | 623/39 | Dagobert I | |
  | Saint Eloi Abbey | Noyon | 645 | Eligius | |
  | Saint Emmeran Abbey | Regensburg | c. 739 | | Gaubald |
  | Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Paris | c. 557 | Germanus | Doctroyée |
  | Saint Gall Abbey | Sankt Gallen | 719? | Othmar | Othmar |
  | Abbey of Saint Genevieve | Paris | 502? | Chlodowech & Saint Clotilde | |
  | Saint Glossinde Abbey | Metz | c. 604 | Glossinde | Glossinde |
  | St Hubert Abbey | Saint-Hubert, Belgium | | | |
  | Saint Lucian Abbey | Beauvais | c. 583/5 | Chilperic I? | Ebrulf |
  | Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand Abbey | Autun | Bef. 589 | Syagrius of Autun | Thalassia |
  | Saint Martin Abbey | Autun | Bef. 589 | Syagrius of Autun | Lupus |
  | Saint Maurice d'Agaune Abbey | Saint-Maurice | 515 | Sigismund of Burgundy | |
  | Saint Medard Abbey | Soissons | 557 | Chlothar I | |
  | Saint Mesmin Abbey | Micy | ca. 508 | Euspicius | Euspicius |
  | Saint Michael Abbey, Mihiel | Saint-Mihiel | c. 709 [first mention] | Wulfoad? | |
  | St Nazaire Abbey | | | |
  | Saint Bertin Abbey, Sithiu | Saint-Omer | c. 654 | Audomar | Bertin |
  | Saint Peter Abbey | Remiremont | Ca 620 | Romaric | Amatus [men], Mactefleda [women] |
  | Saint Peter Abbey, Ghent | Ghent | 631? | Amandus | |
  | Saint Peter Abbey, Solignac | Solignac | 631/2 | Eligius | Remaclus |
  | Saint Pierre de la Couture | Le Mans | bef. 616 | Bertechramn of Le Mans | |
  | Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, Sens | Sens | First half 6th century? | Theudechild | |
  | Saint Pierre-le-Bas Abbey | Vienne | 6th century | Leonianus | Leonianus |
  | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Abbey | Wissembourg | bef. 661 | Austrasian nobles | Principius of Speyer? |
  | Saint Quentin Abbey | Mont Saint Quentin | ca. 660 | Chlodovech II | Ultan? |
  | St Riquier Abbey, Centula | Saint-Riquier | 625/38 | Richarius | Richarius |
  | Saint Symphorian Abbey | Metz | c. 609 | Pappolus | |
  | Saint Trond Abbey | Sint-Truiden | 656? | Trudo | |
  | Saint Vaast Abbey | Arras | 667 | Audebert | |
  | Staffelsee Abbey | Staffelsee | | | |
  | Stavelot-Malmédy Abbey | Stavelot, Malmedy | c.650 | Remaclus | |
  | Tauberbischofsheim Abbey | Tauberbischofsheim | Bef. 754 | Boniface | Leoba |
  | Tegernsee Abbey | Tegernsee | c.746 or c.765 | | |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Ian Wood, The Frankish Kingdoms 450-750
  * J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, The Long-haired Kings [and other studies in Frankish History] (1962)
  * Gregory of Tours, Decem Libri Historianum
  