Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen
| Saint-Ouen Abbey | |
|---|---|
| Saint Owen Abbey | |
Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen | |
The Abbey Church as seen from the Great Clock | |
| 49°26′33″N 1°05′59″E / 49.44250°N 1.09972°E | |
| Location | City Hall Square, Rouen, Normandy |
| Country | France |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | rouen |
| History | |
| Status | Abbey Church |
| Founded | 750 |
| Dedication | Saint-Ouen |
| Dedicated | 17 October 1126 |
| Relics held | Saint-Ouen |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Defunct |
| Heritage designation | Classée Monument Historique |
| Designated | 1840 |
| Architectural type | church |
| Style | Gothic, Flamboyant |
| Groundbreaking | 1318 |
| Completed | 1537 |
| Specifications | |
| Number of towers | 3 |
| Bells | 3 bells : "Saint-Ouen", 4 tons (1701); "Marie", 3 tons (1651); "Julie Marcelle", 2135kg (1887) |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Rouen |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Dominique Lebrun |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Marie-Andrée Morisset-Balier |
| Organist(s) | Jean-Baptiste Monnot |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Location | Rouen, Normandy |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 82m |
Saint-Ouen Abbey, (French: Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen) is a large Gothic Catholic church and former Benedictine monastic church in Rouen. It is named for Audoin (French: Ouen, English: Owen), 7th-century bishop of Rouen in modern Normandy, France. The church's name is sometimes anglicized as St Owen's. Built on a similar scale to nearby Rouen Cathedral, the abbey is famous for both its architecture and its large, unaltered Cavaillé-Coll organ, which was described by Charles-Marie Widor as "a Michelangelo of an organ". With the cathedral and the Church of Saint-Maclou, Saint-Ouen is one of the principal French Gothic monuments of the city.