Рет қаралды 758
Mont Saint Michel, France
The history of Mont Saint Michel:
This medieval monastery is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. According to tradition, in 709 Saint Michael the Archangel appeared to the bishop of Avranches, St. Aubert, and told him to build a chapel in his honor on the island. Saint Michael had to appear to him at least two more times before he took the vision seriously. On the third occasion, it is said that Saint Michael drove his finger into Aubert’s skull and ordered him once again to complete the task. The bishop finally obeyed, and within a short time he sent a group of monks over to live on the island. In 966 AD, a community of Benedictine monks replaced the former monks and began construction of an abbey on the island.