SAINT VALBERT HERMITAGE

Saint Valbert is the third abbot in Luxeuil, after Saint Colomban and Saint Eustaise. From Meaux, he took the dress in 620. He has arrived at the Luxeuil monastery and asks the abbot to leave himself in a cave in the Banney forest. At the death of Saint Eustaise, he was appointed abbot and the remainder until his death around 665. Saint Valbert often returns to the cave where he has enjoyed serenity. In the th century, there was a kind of underground chapel to commemorate the cave of Saint Valbert, and then an oratory. In the next century, the place becomes a little more welcoming with the construction of a chapel, a dwelling house, a piece of water and the landscaping of gardens. In the cave a stone carved stone is found, the bed of Saint Valbert and the altar where the saint, rare and extraordinary pieces dating from the th century.