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465
Birth of Eusice Jumilhac in Périgord (Dordogne).
To find work, his parents go to Perigueux.
Famine forces the family to withdraw Berry. Poverty forces
Eusicce to sell as a serf to the abbot of the monastery Patriciacum, nearby Romorantin. The charity
Eusice will lead him to become a priest, then Attorney is to say chrgé of property management of the monastery.
521
In his quest for God, he obtained permission from his abbot to retire to a desert to live a hermit's life.
He moved to the edge of the Cher. His reputation will attract crowds. It will do wonders, which will increase his fame. The hermit
531
Eusice meeting Childebert 1, son of Clovis, king of the Franks from 511 to 558. He predicted the success of his army.
542
Eusice Death of the hermit, St. Eusice. 558 Next
before its promise, has Childebert build a basilica in which the hermit is buried.
The columns and capitals of the facade are probably reuses the Merovingian basilica.
9th century
During a raid Vikings ravaged the abbey.
First quarter of the 12th century
begins rebuilding the church.
ca. 1140
Clerics who own the abbey are attempting to donate to that Marmoutiers.
1145
Archbishop of Bourges installs canons in the abbey which is undergoing reconstruction.
ca. 1300 Reconstruction of the nave
retaining the right wall and the west facade. 1st June 1523
Lightning destroyed the steeple.
1562
troops Protestant Admiral de Coligny devastate the abbey.
1606
All that remains of the choir outside the envelope of the ambulatory and radiating chapels.
The damage is repaired by covering the chorus of a wooden ceiling. The 1613
Feuillants elevate and enlarge the choir crypt.
1882
architect Anatole de Baudot begins a major restoration campaign to restore the church to its original state.
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