| Abbaye Notre-Dame de Grestain | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| District | Eure |
| Province | Upper Normandy |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | demolished |
| Year consecrated | 1050 |
| Location | |
| Location | Fatouville-Grestain |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°25′34″N 0°19′55″E / 49.426202°N 0.331821°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Norman |
| Website | |
| www.abbaye-de-grestain.fr | |
Grestain Abbey (or Grestein Abbey, French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Grestain) was an 11th-Century Benedictine monastery near the town of Fatouville-Grestain, which is located in the modern-day Eure département of Upper Normandy, France. The abbey was in the Catholic Diocese of Lisieux. Closely associated with the family of William, Duke of Normandy, the abbey was instrumental in the Normans taking control over the Church in England in the centuries following the Norman Conquest of England, establishing new churches and priories in England, and Abbots of Grestain ordained many English priests.[1] Many churches mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 cite Grestain as the founding establishment.
- ^ Gazeau, Véronique (1994). "10: The Effect of the Conquest of 1066 on Monasticism in Normandy". In David Bates, Anne Curry (ed.). England and Normandy in the Middle Ages. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-85285-083-8.