- In about 415, John Cassian founded two monasteries of St. Victor at Marseille, one for men (the later Abbey of St. Victor), the other for women.
- The Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille was built in the 11th and 14th centuries, and stands over an earlier crypt that houses early Christian sarcophagi.
- Key Info. Place Saint-Victor. ... which was founded back in the 11th century as an abbey and named for the Roman soldier and Christian martyr Victor of Marseille.
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- Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Victor de Marseille. by. Saint-Victor (Abbey : Marseille, France); Guérard, Benjamin Edme Charles, 1797-1854.
- Tradition holds that in about 415, John Cassian founded two monasteries of St. Victor at Marseille, one for men (the later Abbey of St. Victor), the other for women.
- There is a shrine that consists of the remains of various saints including the skull of St Jean Cassien himself and St. Victor. Inside the abbey.
- It was built on the site of an old Roman port, and was originally dedicated to Saint Victor, the patron saint of Marseille. Over the centuries, the abbey has...
- 2 tours in Abbey Of St. Victor (Abbaye Saint-Victor). ... returning to Marseille to tour the city’s main sights like Notre-Dame de la Garde and the Abbey of St victor.