The crown-cardinal of France was also abbot commendatario of several French abbeys.

Some of the medieval French abbeys had very large stone dovecotes on their grounds.

The Cloisters, which is near the northern tip of Manhattan island on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, incorporates parts from five French cloistered abbeys.

The patronage belonged in the 13th and 14th centuries to the French abbey at Fontevrault (now known as Fontevraud-l'Abbaye) in Anjou.

-Michel, the French abbey.

The high vaulted church, inspired by French abbeys of the 12th century that mix the Romanesque and Gothic styles, contains a number of treasures.

Like all French abbeys, it became national property at the beginning of the Revolution.

The French abbey of Sainte Marie du Mont des Cats has been selling trappist beer since June 16th, 2011.

It had nearly killed him at the time, I knew; he had lain near death in a French abbey for four months, and suffered from crippling headaches for years.

The credit for that development goes primarily and erroneously to Dom Perignon, the wine-master in a French abbey.