Monastere et Abbaye de Lerins

ile St-Honorat, Cannes, 06400

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Monastère et Abbaye de Lerins, Cannes, France : Reviews of Monastère et Abbaye de Lerins - Yahoo! Travel Founded in 410 by Saint Honorat, this monastery is currently inhabited by a community of 30 Cistercian monks who observe the rules of Saint Benoît. There a... travel.yahoo.com Abbey of Lerins -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Cistercian monastery, originally founded about 410 by St. Honoratus of Arles on a Mediterranean island opposite Cannes (now in France). It flourished in the 5th century, when it was a centre of intellectual activity. Many highly educated monks, trained elsewhere, were attracted by its spiritual disc... britannica.com