McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Vallombrosa

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Vallombrosa

Subjects in this Topic:

Vallemont, Pierre Le Lorraine, Abbe De
Vallensis, Johannes
Vallensis, Theophilus
Vallet (or Valet), Guillaume
Vallette, William
Valley
Valley-gate
Valliere, Louise, Duchesse De La
Vallischolares
Vallombrosa
Vallonia
Valois, Felix de
Valpuesta, Pedro
Valpy, Edward, D.D
Valpy, Richard, D.D., F.R.S
Vamana
Vamis, or Vamacharis
Van Arsdale, Cornelius C., D.D
Van Arsdale, Melville

(shady valley), a former Benedictine monastery in a valley of the Apennines, eighteen miles from Florence, founded in 1039 by Giovanni Gualberto (q.v.). The present buildings were erected: in 1638, but the establishment was suppressed in 1869 by the Italian government, and. the buildings converted into a royal school of forestry.