The Saint-Aubin Abbey was an abbey in Angers, France that was completed in 576 AD to house the tomb of Bishop Albinus, who had served as the Bishop of Angers for 21 years. After dying in 550 AD and buried in the church of Saint-Pierre at Angers, his remains were transferred and buried at the crypt of St. Aubin. A monastery was also part of the abbey. In the 11th century, a bell tower (which still remains) was built adjacent to the abbey, and in the 12th century, a cloister that connected the buildings was added. In the late 1700s, during the French Revolution, monastic life was outlawed in France, and the abbey and the monastery were abandoned and eventually demolished to give way to a street. Part of the cloister was incorporated into the Angers prefecture building.

In his book Lectures Historiques: Histoire Anecdotique du Travail, the French socialist politician Albert Thomas tells us the interesting story of Fulk, who was the abbey’s first artist. Here it is translated in English and transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg for the blog.

Attachment: the-fief-of-fulk.pdf