Baume Abbey, Baume les Messieurs, Jura, France.
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Baume Abbey in its village of Baume les Messieurs Jura France was founded in the early tenth century as a Benedictine abbey Its abbot Berno was called to found Cluny Abbey in 910 subsequently Baume suffered a century of eclipse before papal authority gave it in 1147 to Peter the Venerable abbot of Cluny dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul Baume the mother house of Cluny became a Cluniac priory It stands near the source of the Dard 1 in the Jura France Around it the picturesque village of Baume les Messieurs is congregated The abbey is famous for its sixteenth century retable