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Redon Abbey, or Abbey of Saint-Sauveur, Redon ("Abbey of the Holy Saviour"; French: Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Redon), in Redon in the present Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 832 by Saint Conwoïon, at the point where the Oust flows into the Vilaine, on the border between Neustria and Brittany.
La abadía del Santo Salvador de Redon (en francés: Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Redon), o solamente abadía de Redon, es una antigua abadía benedictina francesa fundada en 832 por San Convoión en Redon, en el punto donde el río Oust desemboca en el Vilaine, en la frontera entre Neustria y Bretaña, hoy en el actual departamento de ...
The town developed around the abbey until a small rural community of 6,000 inhabitants was formed in the 1960s. In the Middle Ages, Redon benefitted from maritime commerce due to its location on the Vilaine.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. REDON, ABBEY OF A former Benedictine monastery in the Diocese of Vannes, department of Ille et Vilane, France. It was founded in 823 or 832 by St. Convoyon (d. 868), who became first abbot, on land ceded by a Breton lord, Ratuili.
Nominoe was a staunch ally of Louis the Pious until the emperor's death in 840. He supported Louis in the several civil wars of the 830s and he supported the monastery of Redon Abbey, even ordering the monks to pray for Louis in light of the emperor's "strife".
In 1092, Alan IV donated property to the abbey of Redon by charter, and by 1093 married Ermengarde of Anjou, as a political alliance with Fulk IV of Anjou to counter Anglo-Norman influence. Redon Abbey, Final resting place of Alan IV
At the time, Redon, now a sleepy provincial town in the present-day département of Ile-et-Vilaine in Bretagne, was perched precariously between the Breton and Frankish spheres of influence, with the river acting as the de facto border between the two regions.
