Toury - Saint-Denis

Dagobert I, son of Chlothar II, transferred property in and around Toury to the the important Abbey of Saint Denis, so a church and a priory did exist here already in Merovingian times.

When centuries later Suger was abbot of Saint-Denis, he commissioned not only the first Gothic cathedral in Saint Denis, but as well he had the priory and church in Toury renovated and rebuilt, before installing his nephew Simon here in 1160 as a prior.

The church seen here was probably erected during the 11th and 12th century, but altered and enlarged during the 14th century.