Bec

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Bec is a historic Benedictine abbey in Normandy, France, renowned as a major medieval center of learning and monastic reform.

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Bec canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
abbey
medieval center of learning
affiliatedWith Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
coordinateLocation 49.195°N 0.783°E
country France
dedicatedTo Saint Nicholas of Myra
surface form: Saint Nicholas
diocese Diocese of Évreux
floruit 11th century
12th century
foundedBy Herluin of Bec
founder Herluin of Bec
hasCommonsCategory Benedictine abbey of Bec
surface form: Abbaye du Bec
hasNotableAlumnus Anselm of Canterbury
Lanfranc of Pavia
Theobald of Bec
hasWebsite https://www.abbayedubec.org/
hasWikidataItem Q81535
hasWikipediaArticle Bec Abbey
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France
inception c. 1034
influenced Church of England
surface form: English Church

Norman Church
knownFor monastic reform
scholastic learning
training church leaders
languageOfInstruction Latin
locatedIn Le Bec-Hellouin
Normandy
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eure
locatedOn Risle River valley
nativeName Benedictine abbey of Bec
surface form: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec
notableLeader Anselm of Canterbury
Herluin of Bec
Lanfranc of Pavia
Theobald of Bec
partOf Normandy
surface form: Province of Normandy
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Order

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