<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Moissac, Tarn - et - Garonne in south - western France . A number of its medieval buildings survive including the abbey church, which has a famous and important Romanesque sculpture around the entrance . </P> <P> According to legend, Moissac abbey was founded by the Frankish king Clovis, but historical records indicate that it was founded by Saint Didier, bishop of Cahors in the middle of the 7th century . The establishment of the monastery was difficult because of raids by Moors from the south and west and the Norsemen from the north . </P> <P> The 11th and 12th centuries were the first golden age, as Moissac was affiliated to the abbey of Cluny and accepted the Cluniac Reforms, under the guidance of Durand de Bredons, both the Abbot of Moissac and the bishop of Toulouse . During this era the abbey was led by major abbots Dom Hunaud de Gavarret and Dom Ansquitil, who had the doorway and tympanum built . In the 13th century, Raymond de Montpezat, followed by Bertrand de Montaigut, abbots and builders, ruled the abbey . Aymeric de Peyrac, writing his Chronicle in the 15th century in the castle of Saint Nicolas de la Grave, describes these times . </P>

The tympanum of the south portal at moissac