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The Abbey of Saint-Victor is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr, Victor of Marseilles.

History

The crypts of the abbey contains artefacts indicating the presence of a quarry that was active during the Greek period and later became a necropolis from 2 BC onward until Christian times.^[1]

In 415, Christian monk and theologian John Cassian, having come from the monasteries of Egypt, founded two monasteries at Marseille^[1] — the Abbey of Saint Victor for men in the south of the Vieux-Port, as well as the Abbey of Saint Sauveur the other for women in the south of Place de Lenche.^[2]^[3]^[4] The Abbey of Saint Victor was later affected during the fifth century by the Semipelagian heresy, which began with some of Cassian's writings.^[4] Both monasteries suffered from invasions by the Vikings and Saracens,^[1] and were destroyed in 838 by a Saracen fleet, when the then-abbess Saint Eusebia was also martyred with 39 nuns.^[4] In 923, the Abbey of Saint-Victor was destroyed again by the Saracens.^[1]

In 977, monastic life was restored in the abbey under the Rule of Saint Benedict through the efforts of Bishop Honorat^{[citation needed]} and its first Benedictine abbot Saint Wiffred.^[1] It recovered quickly, and from the middle of the 11th century its abbots were requested to restore religious life in the surrounding monasteries that had become decadent.^[4]

Saint Isarn (d. 1048), a Catalan monk and successor as abbot to Wiffred, began construction work in 1020, building the first upper church, tower and altar.^[1] Isarn was instrumental by his intercession with Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, in obtaining the release from Moorish captivity of the monks of Lérins Abbey. Blessed Bernard, abbot of St. Victor from 1064 to 1079, was one of the two ambassadors delegated by Pope Gregory VII to the Diet of Forchheim, where the German princes deposed Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. He was seized by one of the partisans of Henry IV and passed several months in prison. Gregory VII also sent him as legate to Spain and in reward for his services exempted St. Victor's from all jurisdiction other than that of the Holy See.

The abbey long retained contact with the princes of Spain and Sardinia and even owned property in Syria. The polyptych of Saint Victor, compiled in 814, the large chartulary (end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century), and the small chartulary (middle of the 13th century), containing documents from 683 to 1336, document the economic importance of the abbey in the Middle Ages.^[4]

Blessed Guillaume Grimoard, who was made abbot of Saint-Victor on 2 August 1361, became pope in 1362 as Urban V. He enlarged the church and surrounded the abbey with high crenellated walls. He also granted the abbot episcopal jurisdiction, and gave him as his diocese the suburbs and villages south of the city. Urban V visited Marseille in October 1365, consecrated the high altar of the church. He returned to St. Victor's in May 1367, and held a consistory in the abbey.

The abbey began to decline after this, especially from the early 16th century, when commendatory abbots acquired authority.

The loss of the important library of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, undocumented as it is, can probably be ascribed to the abuses of the commendatory abbots. The library's contents are known through an inventory of the latter half of the 12th century, and it was extremely rich in ancient manuscripts. It seems to have been dispersed in the latter half of the 16th century, probably between 1579 and 1591. It has been conjectured^[5] that when Giuliano di Pierfrancesco de' Medici was abbot, from 1570 to 1588, he broke up the library to please Catherine de' Medici, and it is very likely that all or many of the books became the property of the king.

In 1648 the échevins (municipal magistrates) of Marseille petitioned Pope Innocent X to secularise the monastery, because of the unsatisfactory behaviour of the monks. The Pope was not willing to do so, but instead had the abbey taken over by the reformist Congregation of Saint Maur. Thomas le Fournier (1675–1745), monk of St. Victor's, left numerous manuscripts which greatly assisted them in their publications.^[6]

However, the behaviour of the monks generally did not improve, and after their highly unsatisfactory conduct during the plague of 1720, during which they barricaded themselves inside their walls instead of providing any assistance to the stricken, Pope Benedict XIII secularised the monastery in 1726, converting it into a collegiate church with a community of lay canons under an abbot.^[7] This was confirmed by a bull of Pope Clement XII dated 17 December 1739.^[8]

In 1774, it became by royal decree a noble chapter, the members of which had to be Provençals with four noble descents; from this date they bore the title of "chanoine comte de Saint-Victor".^[9]

The last abbot of Saint-Victor was Prince Louis François Camille de Lorraine Lambesc. He died in 1787 and was not replaced before the outbreak of the French Revolution.^[10]

Buildings

In 1794 the abbey was stripped of its treasures. The relics were burned, the gold and silver objects were melted down to make coins and the building itself became a warehouse, prison and barracks. All that now remains of the abbey is the church of St. Victor, dedicated by Pope Benedict IX in 1040 and rebuilt in 1200. The abbey was again used for worship under the First Empire and restored in the 19th century. The church was made into a minor basilica in 1934 by Pope Pius XI.^[1]

The remains of Saint John Cassian were formerly in the crypt, along with those of Saints Maurice, Marcellinus and Peter, the body of one of the Holy Innocents, and Bishop Saint Maurontius.^[11] The abbey crypt previously held Cassian's remains, along with were previously interred in the abbey crypt, along with the remains of Saints Maurice, Marcellinus, Peter,^[4] also has it that it contains the relics of the eponymous martyr of Marseille from the 4th century.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Saint-Victor Abbey". mariseille-tourisme.com. Office de tourisme et des congrès de Marseille. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ Harper, James (December 1965). "John Cassian and Sulpicius Severus". Church History. 34 (4): 371–380. doi:10.2307/3163117. JSTOR 3163117. S2CID 162275260. The ideal of the ascetic life which had been developed in the Egyptian desert was introduced into Gaul by John Cassian, who founded the monastery of Saint-Victor and nunnery of Saint-Sauveur at Marseilles in 415.
^ "Bastide de Fave - Our roots". bastidedefave.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Goyau, Georges (1913). "Diocese of Marseilles (Massilia)" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ by M. Morhreuil
^ Augustin Fabre, Les rues de Marseille, édition Camoin, Marseille, 1869, 5 volumes, tome V, p. 457
^ Paul Gaffarel et de Duranty, La peste de 1720 à Marseille & en France, librairie académique Perrin, Paris, 1911, p. 172.
^ Mylène Violas, "Des moines bénédictins aux chanoines-comtes: aux origines de la sécularisation de l’abbaye de Saint-Victor", in Bicentenaire de la paroisse Saint-Victor, actes du colloque historique (18 October 1997), La Thune, Marseille, 1999, p. 26, ISBN 978-2-84453-003-5
^ Paul Masson in Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes 1913 – 1937, tome III, p. 846
^ André Bouyala d’Arnaud, Évocation du vieux Marseille, les éditions de minuit, Paris, 1961, p. 117
^ The biography of Saint Izarn, abbot of St. Victor in the eleventh century (Acta SS., 24 Sept.), gives an interesting account of his first visit to the crypt.

Sources

M. Fixot, J.-P. Pelletier, Saint-Victor de Marseille. Étude archéologique et monumentale, Turnhout, 2009, ISBN 978-2-503-53257-8, 344 p., 220 x 280 mm, Paperback

External links

Marseille-Tourisme.com Abbaye Saint Victor Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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[tourism-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Saint-Victor Abbey". mariseille-tourisme.com. Office de tourisme et des congrès de Marseille. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[2] Harper, James (December 1965). "John Cassian and Sulpicius Severus". Church History. 34 (4): 371–380. doi:10.2307/3163117. JSTOR 3163117. S2CID 162275260. The ideal of the ascetic life which had been developed in the Egyptian desert was introduced into Gaul by John Cassian, who founded the monastery of Saint-Victor and nunnery of Saint-Sauveur at Marseilles in 415.

[3] "Bastide de Fave - Our roots". bastidedefave.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[goyau-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Goyau, Georges (1913). "Diocese of Marseilles (Massilia)" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[5] y M. Morhreuil

[6] Augustin Fabre, Les rues de Marseille, édition Camoin, Marseille, 1869, 5 volumes, tome V, p. 457

[7] Paul Gaffarel et de Duranty, La peste de 1720 à Marseille & en France, librairie académique Perrin, Paris, 1911, p. 172.

[8] Mylène Violas, "Des moines bénédictins aux chanoines-comtes: aux origines de la sécularisation de l’abbaye de Saint-Victor", in Bicentenaire de la paroisse Saint-Victor, actes du colloque historique (18 October 1997), La Thune, Marseille, 1999, p. 26, ISBN 978-2-84453-003-5

[9] Paul Masson in Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes 1913 – 1937, tome III, p. 846

[10] André Bouyala d’Arnaud, Évocation du vieux Marseille, les éditions de minuit, Paris, 1961, p. 117

[11] The biography of Saint Izarn, abbot of St. Victor in the eleventh century (Acta SS., 24 Sept.), gives an interesting account of his first visit to the crypt.

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-:''For the abbey near [[Paris]] see [[Abbey of St. Victor, Paris]]''
+[[File:Abbaye Saint-Victor (Marseille).jpg|thumb|right|Fortified tower of the Abbey of St. Victor]]
-[[Image:Abbaye Saint-Victor (Marseille).jpg|thumb|right|Fortified tower of the Abbey of St. Victor]]
+[[File:St-Victor entrée.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to abbey church]]
-[[Image:St-Victor entrée.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to abbey church]]
+[[File:Crypt of l'Abbaye Saint-Victor, Marseille.JPG|thumb|Crypt]]
-The '''Abbey of St. Victor''' is a late [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] former monastic foundation in [[Marseille]] in the south of [[France]], named after the local soldier saint and martyr, [[Victor of Marseilles]].
+The '''Abbey of Saint-Victor''' is a former [[abbey]] that was founded during the late [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] period in [[Marseille]] in the south of [[France]], named after the local soldier saint and martyr, [[Victor of Marseilles]].
 ==History==
+The crypts of the abbey contains artefacts indicating the presence of a quarry that was active during the Greek period and later became a [[necropolis]] from 2 BC onward until Christian times.<ref name="tourism">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/discover-marseille/the-essentials/saint-victor-abbey/|title=Saint-Victor Abbey|website=mariseille-tourisme.com|publisher=Office de tourisme et des congrès de Marseille|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923115339/http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/discover-marseille/the-essentials/saint-victor-abbey/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-Tradition holds that in about 415, [[John Cassian]] founded two monasteries of St. Victor at Marseille, one for men (the later Abbey of St. Victor), the other for women. While Cassian, certainly started monastic life in Marseille, he is probably not the founder of the abbey, as the archaeological evidence of Saint Victor only goes back to the end of the 5th century. Tradition also has it that it contains the relics of the eponymous martyr of Marseille from the 4th century. In reality, the crypta preserve highly valuable archaelogical evidence proving the presence of a quarry exploited in Greek times.<ref name=tourism>[http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/discover-marseille/city-of-art/saint-victor-abbey/print/1/ Marseille Office of Tourisme]</ref> In the fifth century the monastery of St. Victor and the church of Marseille were greatly troubled by the [[Semipelagianism|Semipelagian]] heresy, that began with certain writings of Cassian, and the layman Hilary and Saint [[Prosper of Aquitaine]] begged [[Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine]] and [[Pope Celestine I]] for its suppression.<ref name=goyau>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09715b.htm Goyau, Georges. "Marseilles (Massilia)." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 3 Jun. 2013]</ref>
+In 415, Christian monk and theologian [[John Cassian]], having come from the monasteries of Egypt, founded two monasteries at Marseille<ref name="tourism" /> — the Abbey of Saint Victor for men in the south of the [[Old Port of Marseille|Vieux-Port]], as well as the Abbey of Saint Sauveur the other for women in the south of [[:fr:Place de Lenche|Place de Lenche]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harper|first=James|date=December 1965|title=John Cassian and Sulpicius Severus|journal=Church History|volume=34|issue=4|pages=371–380|doi=10.2307/3163117|jstor=3163117|s2cid=162275260 |quote=The ideal of the ascetic life which had been developed in the Egyptian desert was introduced into Gaul by John Cassian, who founded the monastery of Saint-Victor and nunnery of Saint-Sauveur at Marseilles in 415.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bastidedefave.com/bastide_de_fave_nos_racines_en.html|title=Bastide de Fave - Our roots|website=bastidedefave.com|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="goyau" /> The Abbey of Saint Victor was later affected during the fifth century by the [[Semipelagianism|Semipelagian]] heresy, which began with some of Cassian's writings.<ref name="goyau">{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Diocese of Marseilles (Massilia)|first=Georges|last=Goyau|authorlink=Georges Goyau}}</ref> Both monasteries suffered from invasions by the [[Vikings]] and [[Saracens]],<ref name="tourism" /> and were destroyed in 838 by a Saracen fleet, when the then-abbess Saint Eusebia was also martyred with 39 nuns.<ref name="goyau" /> In 923, the Abbey of Saint-Victor was destroyed again by the Saracens.<ref name="tourism" />
-In the eighth or ninth centuries both monasteries were destroyed by the [[Saracens]], either in 731 or in 838, when the then abbess Saint Eusebia was martyred with 39 nuns. The nunnery was never re-established. In 977, monastic life began again, due to bishop Honorat and the first Benedictine abbot Wilfred who submitted the abbey to the rule of Saint Benedict.<ref name=tourism/> It soon recovered, and from the middle of the eleventh century its renown was such that from all points of the south appeals were sent to the abbots of this church to restore the religious life in decadent monasteries.<ref name=goyau/>
+In 977, monastic life was restored in the abbey under the [[Rule of Saint Benedict]] through the efforts of Bishop Honorat{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} and its first Benedictine abbot Saint Wiffred.<ref name="tourism" /> It recovered quickly, and from the middle of the 11th century its abbots were requested to restore religious life in the surrounding monasteries that had become decadent.<ref name="goyau" />
-Saint Isarn (d. 1048), a Catalan monk successor as abbot to Saint Wiffred, began extensive building. He constructs the first upper church to which the tower belongs (called Isarn tower), today the access to the church.<ref name=tourism/> Isarn was instrumental by his intercession with [[Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona]], in obtaining the release from Moorish captivity of the monks of [[Lérins Abbey]]. Blessed Bernard<!--which?-->, abbot of St. Victor from 1064 to 1079, was one of the two ambassadors delegated by [[Pope Gregory VII]] to the Diet of Forchheim, where the German princes deposed [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]. He was seized by one of the partisans of Henry IV and passed several months in prison. Gregory VII also sent him as legate to Spain and in reward for his services exempted St. Victor's from all jurisdiction other than that of the Holy See.
+Saint Isarn (d. 1048), a Catalan monk and successor as abbot to Wiffred, began construction work in 1020, building the first upper church, tower and altar.<ref name="tourism" /> Isarn was instrumental by his intercession with [[Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona]], in obtaining the release from Moorish captivity of the monks of [[Lérins Abbey]]. Blessed Bernard<!--which?-->, abbot of St. Victor from 1064 to 1079, was one of the two ambassadors delegated by [[Pope Gregory VII]] to the Diet of Forchheim, where the German princes deposed [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]. He was seized by one of the partisans of Henry IV and passed several months in prison. Gregory VII also sent him as legate to Spain and in reward for his services exempted St. Victor's from all jurisdiction other than that of the Holy See.
-The abbey long retained contact with the princes of Spain and Sardinia and even owned property in Syria. The [[polyptych]] of Saint Victor, compiled in 814, the large [[chartulary]] (end of the eleventh and beginning of the twelfth century), and the small chartulary (middle of the thirteen century), containing documents from 683 to 1336, make it possible to understand the important economic rôle of this great abbey in the Middle Ages.<ref name=goyau/>
+The abbey long retained contact with the princes of Spain and Sardinia and even owned property in Syria. The [[polyptych]] of Saint Victor, compiled in 814, the large [[chartulary]] (end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century), and the small chartulary (middle of the 13th century), containing documents from 683 to 1336, document the economic importance of the abbey in the Middle Ages.<ref name="goyau" />
-Blessed [[Guillaume Grimoard]], who was made abbot of St. Victor's on 2 August 1361, became pope in 1362 as [[Pope Urban V|Urban V]]. He enlarged the church and surrounded the abbey with high crenellated walls. He also granted the abbot episcopal jurisdiction, and gave him as his diocese the suburbs and villages south of the city. Urban V visited Marseille in October 1365, consecrated the high altar of the church. He returned to St. Victor's in May 1367, and held a [[consistory]] in the abbey.
+Blessed [[Guillaume Grimoard]], who was made abbot of Saint-Victor on 2 August 1361, became pope in 1362 as [[Pope Urban V|Urban V]]. He enlarged the church and surrounded the abbey with high crenellated walls. He also granted the abbot episcopal jurisdiction, and gave him as his diocese the suburbs and villages south of the city. Urban V visited Marseille in October 1365, consecrated the high altar of the church. He returned to St. Victor's in May 1367, and held a [[Papal consistory|consistory]] in the abbey.
 The abbey began to decline after this, especially from the early 16th century, when [[commendatory abbots]] acquired authority.
-The loss of the important library of the Abbey of St. Victor, undocumented as it is, can probably be ascribed to the abuses of the commendatory abbots. The library's contents are known through an inventory of the latter half of the twelfth century, and it was extremely rich in ancient manuscripts. It seems to have been dispersed in the latter half of the sixteenth century, probably between 1579 and 1591. It has been conjectured<ref>by M. Morhreuil<!--who he?--></ref> that when Giuliano di Pierfrancesco de' Medici was abbot, from 1570 to 1588, he broke up the library to please [[Catherine de' Medici]], and it is very likely that all or many of the books became the property of the king.
+The loss of the important library of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, undocumented as it is, can probably be ascribed to the abuses of the commendatory abbots. The library's contents are known through an inventory of the latter half of the 12th century, and it was extremely rich in ancient manuscripts. It seems to have been dispersed in the latter half of the 16th century, probably between 1579 and 1591. It has been conjectured<ref>by M. Morhreuil<!--who he?--></ref> that when Giuliano di Pierfrancesco de' Medici was abbot, from 1570 to 1588, he broke up the library to please [[Catherine de' Medici]], and it is very likely that all or many of the books became the property of the king.
-[[Cardinal Mazarin]] was abbot of St. Victor's in 1655. Thomas le Fournier (1675–1745), monk of St. Victor's, left numerous manuscripts which greatly aided the [[Maurists]] in their publications.
+In 1648 the ''échevins'' (municipal magistrates) of Marseille petitioned [[Pope Innocent X]] to secularise the monastery, because of the unsatisfactory behaviour of the monks. The Pope was not willing to do so, but instead had the abbey taken over by the reformist [[Congregation of Saint Maur]]. Thomas le Fournier (1675–1745), monk of St. Victor's, left numerous manuscripts which greatly assisted them in their publications.<ref>Augustin Fabre, ''Les rues de Marseille'', édition Camoin, Marseille, 1869, 5 volumes, tome V, p. 457</ref>
+However, the behaviour of the monks generally did not improve, and after their highly unsatisfactory conduct during the plague of 1720, during which they barricaded themselves inside their walls instead of providing any assistance to the stricken, [[Pope Benedict XIII]] secularised the monastery in 1726, converting it into a [[collegiate church]] with a community of [[Canon (priest)|lay canons]] under an abbot.<ref>Paul Gaffarel et de Duranty, ''La peste de 1720 à Marseille & en France'', librairie académique Perrin, Paris, 1911, p. 172.</ref> This was confirmed by a [[Papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Clement XII]] dated 17 December 1739.<ref>Mylène Violas, "Des moines bénédictins aux chanoines-comtes: aux origines de la sécularisation de l’abbaye de Saint-Victor", in ''Bicentenaire de la paroisse Saint-Victor, actes du colloque historique (18 October 1997)'', La Thune, Marseille, 1999, p. 26, {{ISBN|978-2-84453-003-5}}</ref>
-The dissolution of the Abbey of St. Victor was decreed by [[Pope Clement XII]] on 17 December 1739.
-[[Image:Crypt of l'Abbaye Saint-Victor, Marseille.JPG|thumb|Crypt]]
+In 1774, it became by royal decree a noble chapter, the members of which had to be Provençals with four noble descents; from this date they bore the title of "chanoine comte de Saint-Victor".<ref>Paul Masson in ''Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône'', Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes 1913 &ndash; 1937, tome III, p. 846</ref>
+The last abbot of Saint-Victor was Prince Louis François Camille de Lorraine Lambesc. He died in 1787 and was not replaced before the outbreak of the [[French Revolution]].<ref>André Bouyala d’Arnaud, ''Évocation du vieux Marseille'', les éditions de minuit, Paris, 1961, p. 117</ref>
 ==Buildings==
-In 1794 the abbey was stripped of its treasures. The relics were burned, the gold and silver objects were melted down to make coins and the building itself became a warehouse, prison and barracks. All that now remains of the abbey is the church of St. Victor, dedicated by [[Pope Benedict IX]] in 1040 and rebuilt in 1200. The abbey is again used for worship under the Premier Empire and restored in the 19th century. The church was made into a minor basilica in 1934 by Pope Pius XI.<ref name=tourism/>
+In 1794 the abbey was stripped of its treasures. The relics were burned, the gold and silver objects were melted down to make coins and the building itself became a warehouse, prison and barracks. All that now remains of the abbey is the church of St. Victor, dedicated by [[Pope Benedict IX]] in 1040 and rebuilt in 1200. The abbey was again used for worship under the First Empire and restored in the 19th century. The church was made into a minor basilica in 1934 by Pope Pius XI.<ref name=tourism/>
-The remains of Saint [[John Cassian]] were formerly in the crypt, with those of Saints [[Saint Maurice|Maurice]], [[Saint Marcellinus|Marcellinus]] and [[Saint Peter|Peter]], the body of one of the [[Holy Innocents]], and Bishop Saint Maurontius.<ref>The biography of Saint Izarn, abbot of St. Victor in the eleventh century (Acta SS., 24 Sept.), gives an interesting account of his first visit to the crypt.</ref>
+The remains of Saint [[John Cassian]] were formerly in the crypt, along with those of Saints [[Saint Maurice|Maurice]], [[Marcellinus and Peter]], the body of one of the [[Holy Innocents]], and Bishop Saint Maurontius.<ref>The biography of Saint Izarn, abbot of St. Victor in the eleventh century (Acta SS., 24 Sept.), gives an interesting account of his first visit to the crypt.</ref> The abbey crypt previously held Cassian's remains, along with  were previously interred in the abbey crypt, along with the remains of Saints [[Saint Maurice|Maurice]], [[Marcellinus of Carthage|Marcellinus]], [[Saint Peter|Peter]],<ref name="goyau" /> also has it that it contains the relics of the eponymous martyr of Marseille from the 4th century.
 ==See also==
-*[[Santa Maria, Uta]], a church founded by St. Victor's monks
+* [[Santa Maria, Uta]], a church founded by St. Victor's monks
 ==References==
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 ==Sources==
-* M. Fixot, J.-P. Pelletier, ''Saint-Victor de Marseille. Étude archéologique et monumentale'', Turnhout, 2009, ISBN 978-2-503-53257-8,  344 p., 220 x 280&nbsp;mm, Paperback
+* M. Fixot, J.-P. Pelletier, ''Saint-Victor de Marseille. Étude archéologique et monumentale'', Turnhout, 2009, {{ISBN|978-2-503-53257-8}},  344 p., 220 x 280&nbsp;mm, Paperback
-{{Commons|Abbaye Saint-Victor}}
 ==External links==
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+* [http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/enwiki/static/gb/popup_abbayesaintvictor.htm Marseille-Tourisme.com Abbaye Saint Victor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928092030/http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/enwiki/static/gb/popup_abbayesaintvictor.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} {{in lang|fr}}
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St Julian Basilica of Our Lady of Ceignac Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Grace and the Holy Sepulchre Basilica of St Nazarius and St Celsus Basilica of St Maxellende Cathedral Basilica of St Francis de Sales Basilica of Our Lady of Mézières Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Chartres Basilica of Our Lady of the Children Basilica of St John the Baptist Basilica of the Holy Trinity Basilica of Our Lady of the Port Basilica of Our Lady of Cléry Basilica of the Holy Saviour Basilica of Our Lady of Dole Basilica of St Joan of Arc Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance Basilica of St Maurice Basilica of Our Lady of Épine Basilica of Our Lady of the White Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of St Joseph Basilica of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Our Lady of Help Basilica of Our Lady, Marienthal Basilica of Our Lady of Paradise Basilica of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Our Lady of Roncier Basilica of Our Lady of Thierenbach Basilica of Our Lady of Good Succour Basilica of Our Lady of Montligeon Basilica of Our Lady of Pity Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of St John Francis Regis Basilica of Our Lady of La Salette Basilica of Our Lady of Avénières Basilica of Our Lady of Épine Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Le Puy Basilica of Our Lady of Liesse Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of Our Lady of Marceille Basilica of St Theresa Basilica of Our Lady of the Good Guard Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Upper Church) Basilica of the Rosary (Lower Church) Basilica of St Pius X (Underground Church) Basilica of St Martin of the Sacred Heart Basilica of St Peter Basilica of Our Lady of Fourvière Basilica of St Martin of Ainay Basilica of Our Lady of Guard Cathedral Basilica of St Mary Major Basilica of St Victor (Abbey of St Victor) Basilica of the Sacred Heart Basilica of St Peter Fourier Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles Cathedral Basilica of St Stephen Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady and St Privat Basilica of St Michael the Archangel Basilica of St Vincent Basilica of Our Lady of Aiguebelle, Aiguebelle Abbey Cathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Paul Basilica of Our Lady of the Tables Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of St Aprus Basilica of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes Basilica of St Nicholas Basilica of St Donatius and St Rogatius Old Cathedral of St Just and St Pastor Basilica of St Paul Basilica of St James Cathedral Basilica of St Cyriacus and St Julietta Cathedral Basilica of St Mary and St Reparata Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady and St Castor Basilica of Our Lady of Orcival Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross Basilica of Our Lady, Mont Sainte-Odile Basilica of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Paris Basilica of St Clotilde and St Valery Basilica of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Our Lady of Victories Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral Basilica of St Front Cathedral Basilica of St John the Baptist Cathedral Basilica of St Peter Basilica of Our Lady of Joy Basilica of Our Lady of Prayer Basilica of Our Lady of Buglose Cathedral Basilica of St Corentin Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance Basilica of St Remigius (Abbey of St Remigius) Basilica of St Clotilde Basilica of the Holy Saviour and Our Lady of Miracles and Virtues Basilica of St Albinus and Our Lady of Good News Basilica of St Amabilis, Ricomage Basilica of Our Lady of Rocamadour Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Basilica of Our Lady of Good Succour Basilica of St Benedict, Fleury Abbey Cathedral Basilica of St Stephen Basilica of Our Lady of Hope Cathedral Basilica of St Peter Basilica of St Peter Basilica of St Eutropius Basilica of Our Lady of the Laus Basilica of St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Basilica of St Nicholas Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles Old Cathedral of St Pol Basilica of St Quentin Basilica of Our Lady of Victory Basilica of St Andoche Basilica of Our Lady of Zion Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Basilica of St Gervasius and St Protasius Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Abbey of St Michael of Frigolet Basilica of St Francis de Sales Basilica of Our Lady of the Daurade Basilica of St Saturnin Basilica of St Martin Basilica of St Tudwal Basilica of St Urban Cathedral Basilica of St Apollinarius Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Cord Cathedral Basilica of St Peter Basilica of Our Lady Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Basilica of St Mary Magdalene (Vézelay Abbey) Basilica of Our Lady of the Willow Basilica of Our Lady of the Oak
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v t e Marseille
Geography	Huveaune Massif de l'Étoile Massif des Calanques Mont Puget Frioul archipelago
Administration and politics	Arrondissements of Marseille (1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th) Cantons
Transportation	Marseille Provence Airport Train network and stations Bus Metro Navette maritime RTM Tramway Le vélo sharing bikes system Highways network (A7 A50 A55 L2 Major/la Joliette tunnel Vieux-Port de Marseille tunnel Prado-Carénage tunnel)
Landmarks	Abbey of St Victor Bastide de la Guillermy Belsunce Bompard Calanques National Park Canebière Château Borély Château d'If Château Pastré Cimetière Saint-Pierre CMA CGM Tower Docks Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont Église Saint Roch Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Marseille-Blancarde station Marseille-Saint-Charles station Grande Synagogue Hippodrome de Marseille Hôtel de Ville Hôtel-Dieu de Marseille L'Estaque La Friche La Joliette La Treille Ledge of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Marseille Cathedral Marseille-Fos Port Marseille History Museum Mazargues Musée Cantini Musée Grobet-Labadié Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Museum of the Decorative Arts, Fashion and Ceramics Notre-Dame de la Garde Opéra Oppidum de Verduron Palais de la Bourse Palais du Pharo Palais Longchamp Parc Borély Parc du 26e Centenaire Place Castellane Place Jean-Jaurès Plages du Prado Porte d'Aix Stade Vélodrome Thiers Unité d'habitation Vallon des Auffes Vieille Charité Vieux-Port Villa Valmer
History	C'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille Timeline of Marseille Arsenal des galères
Sporting clubs	Athlético Marseille Marseille XIII Marseille Provence XV Olympique de Marseille

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