The double monastery also became the seat of an archdeacon in 1178.
Being a double monastery, its members constitute both monks and nuns.
The double monasteries of the 7th and 8th centuries had their roots in early Christian religious communities.
During the 8th century, some cases of double monasteries were documented in the Byzantine Empire.
By the end of the 8th century, the double monastery as an institution entered a deep decline.
Often, former double monasteries were eventually converted into all-female convents.
In the end he founded a double monastery of canons regular and nuns.
One of its founders was Rictrude, who made it double monastery in 643.
This was a double monastery, but he stipulated that the leader of this order should always be a woman.
Initially a double monastery, it later developed into one solely of nuns.