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It was founded in about 360 by Saint Martin of Tours, to whom it was later dedicated. The reputation of the founder attracted a large number of disciples to the new monastery. When however Martin became Bishop of Tours and established the monastery of Marmoutier a short distance from that city, the fame of Ligugé declined considerably. Among Saint Martin's successors as abbots of Ligugé may be mentioned Saint Savin, who resigned the post of abbot to become a hermit, and Abbot Ursinus, during whose rule the monk Defensor compiled the well-known "Scintillarum Liber".

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  • It was founded in about 360 by Saint Martin of Tours, to whom it was later dedicated. The reputation of the founder attracted a large number of disciples to the new monastery. When however Martin became Bishop of Tours and established the monastery of Marmoutier a short distance from that city, the fame of Ligugé declined considerably. Among Saint Martin's successors as abbots of Ligugé may be mentioned Saint Savin, who resigned the post of abbot to become a hermit, and Abbot Ursinus, during whose rule the monk Defensor compiled the well-known "Scintillarum Liber".
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  • It was founded in about 360 by Saint Martin of Tours, to whom it was later dedicated. The reputation of the founder attracted a large number of disciples to the new monastery. When however Martin became Bishop of Tours and established the monastery of Marmoutier a short distance from that city, the fame of Ligugé declined considerably. Among Saint Martin's successors as abbots of Ligugé may be mentioned Saint Savin, who resigned the post of abbot to become a hermit, and Abbot Ursinus, during whose rule the monk Defensor compiled the well-known "Scintillarum Liber". The invasion of the Saracens, the wars of the dukes of Aquitaine with the early Carlovingians, and lastly the Norman invasion were a series of disasters that almost destroyed the monastery. By the eleventh century it had sunk to the position of a dependent priory attached to Maillezais Abbey, and finally reached the lowest level as a benefice held in commendam. One of the commendatory priors, Geoffrey d'Estissac, a great patron of literature and the friend of Rabelais, built the existing church, a graceful structure but smaller by far than the ancient basilica which it replaced.
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