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Ligugé
Locociacum
His first monastery, just outside Poitiers. Monks still live there.
In his life
Around 361 Martin settled as a hermit a few miles south of Poitiers. Others joined him. It is often called the first monastery in Gaul.
There today
Benedictine monks live at the Abbey of Saint Martin in Ligugé today. Excavations under the church have found remains from Martin’s time.
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