Abbey of Saint Wandrille to Bobbio Abbey and then to Romainmôtier Abbey, where he remained for ten years. In 648 he returned to Normandy and established the monastery of Fontenelle, using the Rule of Saint Columbanus, which he had known at Bobbio; the deed of gift of the land is dated 1 March 649. He first built a Carolingian style basilica dedicated to Saint Peter, nearly long, which was consecrated by Saint Ouen in 657. (This church was destroyed by fire in 756 and rebuilt by Abbot Ansegisus (823–33), who added a narthex and tower). The monastery was extremely successful at first, and produced
Saint-Amand Abbey "Annales sancti Amandi", a set of annals of the Frankish kingdom, also originate from Saint-Amand. The abbey was declared national property in 1789, and mostly demolished between 1797 and 1820. The former courthouse ("échevinage") and the exuberantly decorated church tower, which now accommodates a faience museum, survive and can still be visited. Saint-Amand Abbey Saint-Amand Abbey ("Abbaye de Saint-Amand"), once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France. The abbey was founded sometime in the 630s in what was once a great tract of uninhabited land in the Vicoigne Forest between the