• The church has been given the status of a minor basilica. First foundation[edit]. Monks have lived in the present St. Matthias' Abbey since late antiquity.
  • St. Matthias Abbey, founded in the 4th century, is a Benedictine monastery with a Romanesque basilica as its abbey church.
  • Today, the tomb of Saint Matthias the Apostle lies in Saint MatthiasAbbey in Western Germany and close to the Luxembourg border.
  • St. Matthias Abbey, founded in the 4th century, is a Benedictine monastery with a Romanesque basilica as its abbey church.
  • Sts Eucharius and Valerius themselves are later said to have been buried here – and today their coffins lie in the crypt of St MatthiasAbbey.
  • St. Matthias Abbey Church (Abtei St. Matthias) in Trier houses the relics of St. Matthias, the apostle who was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot.
  • Much of the building of St Matthias Abbey was reconstructed in the 19th century, having been subject to several invasions and occupation as a private home.
  • St. MatthiasAbbey is a monastery in Trier (Treveris), Rhineland-Palatinate. The abbey has its roots in the mid-5th century, when it was built by Cyrillus...
  • Monks have lived in the present St. Matthias' Abbey since late antiquity. The monastery adopted the Rule of St. Benedict in about 977.
  • ST. MATTHIAS Abbey in Trier is a very ancient Benedictine monastery belonging to the Congregation of the Annunciation, the same monastic congregation of...