Opposition
There were, however, opponents to Mabillon's work. Some of the less scholarly monks in his own abbey criticized his Lives for being too academic, and de Rancé, Abbot of La Trappe, declared that he was breaking the rules of his Order by devoting his life to study rather than manual labour. He also caused trouble by denouncing the veneration of the relics of "unknown saints", wrote a controversial critique of the works of St. Augustine of Hippo, and was accused of Jansenism, but at all times he was supported by the king and the Church.
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