Lyre Abbey
Lyre Abbey (17th century) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Abbey of Our Lady of Lyre |
| Other names | Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre |
| Order | by mid-12th century Benedictine |
| Established | 1046 |
| Disestablished | 1790 |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary |
| Diocese | Rouen |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | William FitzOsbern, Lord of Breteuil, Earl of Hereford. |
| Important associated figures | Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Thomas Becket, Cardinals Jean Le Veneur, Hippolyte d'Este, Louis d’Este, Louis of Lorraine (1586-1588), Louis of Lorraine (1593-1598), Jacques Davy Duperron, Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Maurists. |
| Site | |
| Location | La Vieille-Lyre, Eure, France |
| Coordinates | 48°55′06″N 0°45′00″E / 48.9183°N 0.75°E |
| Visible remains | part of abbot’s residence |
Lyre Abbey (French: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre. From the mid-12th century it was a Benedictine house. It was abolished at the French Revolution and the abbey buildings mostly destroyed.