Bible Encyclopedias
Vallombrosa
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(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.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Vallombrosa'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/vallombrosa.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.