Gorze Abbey

Gorze Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Gorze in the present arrondissement of Metz, near Metz in Lorraine. It was prominent as the source of a monastic reform movement in the 930s.

History

Gorze Abbey was founded in 749 by Bishop Chrodegang of Metz, who obtained for it from Rome the relics of Saint Gorgonius. The new community at first followed his Rule, but decline later set in. The highly placed Frankish lord Bivin of Gorze (810–863), married to a daughter of Boso the Elder, functioned as lay abbot of Gorze. In 933 the premises, by then semi-derelict, were given by Adalbero, Bishop of Metz, to John of Gorze and Einald of Toul so that they could restore observance of the Rule of St. Benedict. They did so extremely successfully and the customary of Gorze soon spread to many other monasteries, at first local, such as St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier, and St. Evre's Abbey, Toul, and later in more distant places, such as Bavaria, through the mediation of Wolfgang of Regensburg.

Gorze Reform

Gorze

Gorze is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Sites and monuments

Gorze Abbey was confiscated as public property during the French Revolution; it has since been restored and utilised for a variety of public uses.

See also

Gorzeń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gorzeń [ˈɡɔʐɛɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nakło nad Notecią, within Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Nakło nad Notecią and 18 km (11 mi) west of Bydgoszcz.

References

Coordinates: 53°8′N 17°44′E / 53.133°N 17.733°E / 53.133; 17.733