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The Abbey of St Paul, Verdun (French: L'abbaye Saint-Paul de Verdun), is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Verdun, department of Meuse, Grand Est region, France. The surviving buildings are used for civic purposes.

The abbey was founded in 973 by Benedictine monks. In 1135 it passed to the Premonstratensians, then not long established. The abbey was destroyed and rebuilt several times, most recently in the 17th century. In 1790, during the French Revolution, a new church was being built. Both that and the existing 17th-century church were destroyed. The 17th-century conventual buildings survived, and now accommodate the palais de justice of Verdun and the offices of the sous-préfecture of the Meuse.

The former abbey was noted as a monument historique on 2 December 1926 and part of the interiors on 23 November 1946.

References

1. Préfet de la Meuse: Historique de la Sous-Préfecture de Verdun
2. Base Mérimée: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Paul, sous-préfecture et palais de justice, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

Further reading

• Philippe Bonnet, Les Constructions de l'Ordre de Prémontré en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques, coll. "Bibliothèque de la Société française d'archéologie" (no 15), 1983
• Bernard Ardura (preface by René Taveneaux), Abbayes, prieurés et monastères de l'ordre de Prémontré en France des origines à nos jours: dictionnaire historique et bibliographique. Nancy, Presses universitaires de Nancy, 1993

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