Landévennec Abbey () is a Benedictine monastery at Landévennec in Brittany, in the department of Finistère, France. The present monastery is a modern foundation at the site of an early mediaeval monastery, of which only ruins survive.
First foundation The abbey is traditionally held to have been founded around 490 by Saint Winwaloe (). It became a Benedictine house in the eighth century. It was attacked and burned by Vikings in 913 and was subsequently rebuilt in stone.Landévennec
The abbey was suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution and the goods and premises were sold off.
Second foundation In 1950Renouard, Michel, Bretagne, Éditions Ouest France, 2007, p. 49 the site was bought by the Benedictine community of Kerbénéat,Companions of St.Guénolé Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints, March (2000), p. 24. who built new premises. The community formed part of the Subiaco Congregation, since 2013 the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation.
See also List of Carolingian monasteries Carolingian architecture Gwenhael St Tudy Landévennec Group
Notes and references
Sources Website of Landévennec Abbey