©DR Office Métropolitain de Tourisme et Congrès Marseille
©DR Office Métropolitain de Tourisme et Congrès Marseille
The bishop of "Aix", Lazarus, (whom tradition has long confused with Saint Lazarus, a disciple of Jesus) holds in the region a monk who came from Palestine after a long retreat in Egypt with the Desert Fathers.
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The bishop of Aix, Lazarus (tradition has often confused him with Saint Lazarus, disciple of Jesus), retained in the region a monk from Palestine after a long retreat in Egypt with the Desert Fathers.
Proculus, bishop of Marseille (380-430), welcomes John Cassian.Cassian, an anachorete, certainly started monastic life in Marseille. However, 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. Worship is...
Proculus, bishop of Marseille (380-430), welcomes John Cassian.Cassian, an anachorete, certainly started monastic life in Marseille. However, 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. Worship is...
Services
Rates
Entrance fee: free
Access to the crypt: €2.00
Access to the crypt: €2.00
CashOpenings
All year
Monday
09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday
09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
09:00 - 18:00
Thursday
09:00 - 18:00
Friday
09:00 - 18:00
Saturday
09:00 - 18:00
Sunday
09:00 - 18:00
Location
Contact Saint-Victor Abbey
- www.amisdesaintvictor.com
Spoken languages
Environment
- Close to a public transportation
- Bus stop < 500 m
- Subway station < 500 m
