St. Luzi, Chur
church building in Chur in the canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
St. Luzi (German: Sankt Luzi), also known as Monastery of Saint Lucius or Monastic Church of St. Lucius, is a church and former Premonstratensian abbey in Chur, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland.
The early history of the church is poorly documented. The relics of its eponymous saint were stolen before 821. Around 800, the church appears to have housed a community of regulars who ran a school for clerics, and it may also have been home to the school of scribes of Carolingian Rhaetia.
History
The Premonstratensians are firmly attested at St. Luzi in 1149, probably shortly after their arrival. The house was a daughter of Roggenburg in Bavaria and belonged to the Swabian province of the order. It was headed first by a prior, then by a provost from 1156, and by an abbot from 1186/1191, though the general chapter only formally raised it to the rank of abbey in 1453.
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