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Under Construction;
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Eventually there will be links to
other pages devoted to Abbeys in the diocese, including:
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Saint
Peter ("Saint-Père") of Chartres, the original Benedictine
house on the Eure;
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Saint
Florentin of Bonneval , an ancient Benedictine house in the Beauce,
between Chartres & Chateaudun;
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Saint
Cheron of Chartres, an ancient collegial in the cemetery of the
city;
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Saint
John ("Saint-Jean-en-Vallée") of Chartres, a collegial reformed
by St. Ivo;
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Saint
Martin ("Saint-Martin-au-Val") of Chartres, perhaps the oldest
church in the present city, an important priory of Marmoutier in the 12th
century;
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Saint
André, a collegial on the banks of the Eure, below the apse
of the cathedral, on the site of the ampetheater of the Roman city;
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Josaphat
("Saint Mary of Josaphat") at Levès, in the valley of the Eure,
a few kilometers downstream from Chartres; founded by Bishop Godfrey (of
Levès) and the necropolis of several 12th century Bishops, including
John of Salisbury;
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Les
Vaux-de-Cernay, an important early daughter of Citeaux, in the
forest of the Chevreuse;