Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Arces-Dilo (French pronunciation: [aʁs dilo] ) is acommune in theYonne department inBourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-centralFrance .
The commune of Arces Dilo was formed in 1977 by the union of the former communes of Arces and Dilo.
The eighteenth-century church of Saint-Michel, with aTuscan vault and a tower in the style ofSoufflot . Thepatron saints of the church are St. Ebbon and St. Michel. The Cross of St. Ebbon The Well of St. Ebbon, formerly believed to be able to cure fevers (Deilocus "a place dedicated to God")
Dilo owes originates from aPremonstratensian abbey (theAbbaye Notre-Dame de Dilo ) founded in 1132 and enriched by many generous donations. The monks there developediron andsteel works. During his exile in France toPontigny ,Thomas Becket (called St. Thomas of Canterbury) stayed at Dilo, where heconsecrated the church in 1168.
The Chapel of Saint-Cartault, blessed and dedicated to worship in 1692, in the oldestparish church.
Odo of Villemaur Aelis Comtesse de Nevers (widow of the Comte de Joigny Renard IV). Buried in the abbey church of Dilo, his tomb is now in the church ofJoigny .