Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune

Abbey of Saint Maurice
Abbaye de Saint-Maurice
Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune is located in Switzerland
Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune
Location within Switzerland
Monastery information
Other namesSaint-Maurice-en-Valais
OrderCanons Regular of St. Augustine
Established515
Dedicated toSaint Maurice
People
Founder(s)Sigismund of Burgundy
AbbotMost Rev. Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.
Architecture
Functional statusAbbey
Heritage designationCultural Property of National Significance
StyleRomanesque
Site
LocationSaint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates46°13′10″N 7°00′12″E / 46.219358°N 7.003451°E / 46.219358; 7.003451
Public accessyes
Official nameAbbaye de St-Maurice d'Agaune
Reference no.7114

The Abbey of Saint Maurice, Agaunum (French: Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune or Saint-Maurice-en-Valais) is a Swiss monastery of canons regular in Saint-Maurice, Canton of Valais, which dates from the 6th century. It is situated against a cliff in a section of the road between Geneva and the Simplon Pass (to northern Italy).[1] The abbey itself is a territorial abbacy and not part of any diocese. It is best known for its connection to the martyrdom of the Theban Legion, its original practice of perpetual psalmody, and a collection of art and antiquity.

The abbey is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[2]

  1. ^ 1826 painting of the pass and bridge by Richard Parkes Bonington, (website accessed September 27, 2006).
  2. ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.