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Lyre Abbey
Lyre Abbey (17th century)
Monastery information
Full nameThe Abbey of Our Lady of Lyre
Other namesAbbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre
Orderby mid-12th century Benedictine
Established1046
Disestablished1790
Dedicated toVirgin Mary
Diocese Rouen
People
Founder(s)William FitzOsbern, Lord of Breteuil, Earl of Hereford.
Important associated figuresRobert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Thomas Becket, Cardinals Jean Le Veneur, Hippolyte d'Este, Louis d’Este, Louis of Lorraine (1586-1588), Louis of Lorraine (1593-1598), Jacques Davy Duperron, Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Maurists.
Site
LocationLa Vieille-Lyre, Eure, France
Coordinates48°55′06″N 0°45′00″E / 48.9183°N 0.75°E / 48.9183; 0.75
Visible remainspart of abbot’s residence

Lyre Abbey (French: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre. From the mid-12th century it was a Benedictine house. It was abolished at the French Revolution and the abbey buildings mostly destroyed.

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