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Saint-Pons Abbey

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his abbey was founded in 775 by the bishop of NICE, SIAGRUS, with the subsidies provided by CHARLEMAGNE, handed over to the Benedictines, endowing it with vast possessions, and subject to the rule of Saint BENOIT.

CHARLEMAGNE stayed there in 777 and in 800 when he went to ROME to reestablish LEON III on the papal see.

Destroyed by the Moors in 890, rebuilt in 999 by FRODONIUS, bishop of NICE, it was subsequently entrusted to various religious orders.

The Turks sacked it in 1543.

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CHARLEMAGNE stayed there in 777 and in 800 when he went to ROME to reestablish LEON III on the papal see.

Destroyed by the Moors in 890, rebuilt in 999 by FRODONIUS, bishop of NICE, it was subsequently entrusted to various religious orders.

The Turks sacked it in 1543.

In 1789 it was converted into a military hospital to receive the wounded from the army of Italy.

In 1835, Monsignor GALVANO, bishop of Nice, raised its walls and installed the OBLATES of MARY there. The enclosure was enlarged and the church repaired.

This church, such as it is, would date from 1724.

In the 11th century, the Abbey had very large grounds ranging from Paillon to the church of Ste Marie de CIMIEZ and the abbots bore the title of Counts of CIMIES and this, following the donation, in 1004, by Odila MIRON, land she owned on CIMIES hill.

Behind the church, on a steep cut rock overlooking the Paillon, St. PONS suffered martyrdom and pious Christians, on this place of torture, built a chapel.

The church of La Roque in ROCCASPARVIERE, had a relic of St. PONS, martyr of Nice who was celebrated on November 19.

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