Calvados
Arrondissement of Bayeux
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand

Saint-Vigor Priory

Saint-Vigor Priory, formerly Saint-Vigor Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery in the town of in , Normandy, France. Its foundation is attributed to Saint Vigor, bishop of Bayeux in the first third of the 6th century.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: abbey located in Calvados, in France
  • Also known as: “Abbaye Saint-Vigor-le-Grand”, “Prieuré à Saint-Vigor-le-Grand”, and “Prieuré Saint-Vigor”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle de la Charité du prieuré Saint-Vigor and Town hall of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.

Church
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is a church.

Town hall
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Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayeux and Saint-Martin-des-Entrées.

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is a small town in northern in department. is best known for the remarkable Tapestry that chronicles in visual form the conquest of by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in 1066.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern .

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern . The Barons de Gratot resided at the Château de Gratot in . is situated 3 km north of Saint-Vigor Priory.

Saint-Vigor Priory

Latitude
49.2798° or 49° 16′ 47″ north
Longitude
-0.68883° or 0° 41′ 20″ west
Open location code
8CXX78H6+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9737537686
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q2820447
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Highlights include Cimetière du Bourg and Salle des fêtes.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint-Vigor Priory”. Photo: Pimprenel, CC BY-SA 3.0.