Charroux

Charroux lies in the Vienne department of western France, in the Poitou country near the Limousin border. Its Benedictine abbey of Saint-Sauveur was founded in the eighth century, and the abbey's remains survive in the town. Tradition places the Council of Charroux there in 989, where the bishops of Aquitaine met to protect the immunity of the clergy and urged the church to guarantee a peaceful life for the poor.