Abbey of Saint-Gilles Abbey of Saint-Gilles The Abbey of Saint-Gilles (French: "Abbaye de Saint-Gilles ") is a monastery in Saint-Gilles, southern France. Founded by Saint Giles, it is included in the UNESCO Heritage List, as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. According to the legend, it was founded in the 7th century by Saint Gilles, over lands which had been given him by the Visigoth King Wamba after he had involuntarily wounded the saint during a hunt. The monastery was initially dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul: however, in the 9th century, the
Saint-Jacut Abbey which they did from 1876, very successfully.. In the 1950s, the community developed a spiritual retreat programme, and grew thereafter into a retreat and spiritual conference and training centre. Saint-Jacut Abbey Saint-Jacut Abbey () is located in the east of the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany, at the end of the peninsula of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer. It is named after the 5th-century Saint Jacut. It is now a retreat and holiday centre run by a community of the Sisters of the Immaculate of Saint-Méen-le-Grand.<ref.Website of the Sœurs de l'Immaculée: Abbaye de Saint-Jacut</ref> The early records of the first monastery, traditionally founded by Saint