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Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours

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in 853 and in 903. It burned again in 994, and was rebuilt by Hervé de Buzançais, treasurer of Saint Martin, an effort that took 20 years to complete. Expanded to accommodate the crowds of pilgrims and to attract them, the shrine of St. Martin of Tours became a major stopping-point on
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The first basilica was established here in the 5th century (consecrated in 471) on the site of an earlier chapel. It was at first served by a community of monks under an abbot, the Abbot of St Martin, who between 796 and 804 was
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The Abbey which developed around the shrine of St Martin at Tours became one of the most prominent and influential establishments in medieval France.
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in a neo-Byzantine style, on part of the site of the original basilica which was repurchased by the Church. It was dedicated on 4 July 1925.
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was erected on a portion of its former site, which was purchased from the owners. Started in 1886, the church was consecrated 4 July 1925.
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of 1871, there was a resurgence of conservative Catholic piety, and the church decided to build a basilica to St. Martin. They selected
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Note: Pilgrimage basilicas in comparable Romanesque-Byzantine taste being erected during the same period are the
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in Germany and always stay overnight at one of his own properties. It was at Tours that Alcuin's
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Martin of Tours § Revival of the popular devotion to St. Martin in the Third Republic
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In later times the abbey was destroyed by fire on several occasions and ransacked by
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for a mix of Romanesque and Byzantine, sometimes defined as neo-Byzantine. The new
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Communities of St. Martin: Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours,
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Jean Chelini: "Alcuin, Charlemagne et Saint-Martin de Tours" (
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The mediaeval basilica was completely demolished during the
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awarded the position of Abbot to his friend and adviser
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