Priory Saint-Gilles-of-Orchard of Angers
Foundation
The bishop Ulger (
1125 -
1148) concedes in
1136 with the monks of
Marmoutier an orchard actually belonging to évêché, load for the monks to build there a church, an old people's home and a cemetery (Departmental records of Maine-et-Loire, charter G 785 f° 8).
Loss of religious function
The priory disappeared as an institution, but the vault is always in function (it is current reformed Temple).
Nature of the occupants
Evolution of the term
- the priory was dedicated to Gilles, but the vault was dedicated to Éloi. With time this last term ended up becoming the current term.
- the addition of “orchard” points out the original statute of the ground where the priory is installed.
Evolution of the statute during the working life
The establishment was always a priory.