Saint-Eusice Abbey of Selles-sur-Cher

Other sources state that the monastery was founded after the death of Eusicius by one of his disciples, Saint Wulsin, a figure connected with the royal household, who entered the fledgling community and is believed to have promoted the construction of the basilica. In any case, a magnificent church was erected and survived until the ninth century. In 853 it was destroyed during a Norman raid, and further incursions brought renewed devastation. The site remained in ruins until about 1020, when it was restored. After an unsuccessful attempt to incorporate it into the powerful Abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), Archbishop Pierre de La Châtre of Bourges († 1171) established a community of Augustinian canons there in 1145.

The surviving church, largely Romanesque in date, was restored at the end of the nineteenth century while preserving its medieval character. It has a three-aisled plan with a transept, whose arms each contain an apsidiole. The chancel is surrounded by an ambulatory with three radiating chapels. The surviving sculptural decoration is also noteworthy, including several elements attributed to the church of Childebert's period, such as the columns and capitals of the western façade. Outside, several fragments of a historiated frieze are still preserved, some of them displaced from their original position.