Abbaye de Montigny-lès-Vesoul
The Abbaye de Montigny-lès-Vesoul (also Abbaye des Dames Nobles , German abbey of noble ladies ) is a former abbey of the Poor Clares urbanists founded in 1286 in the eastern French community of Montigny-lès-Vesoul . Most of the current buildings date from the 18th century.
history
Héloïse de Joinville, sister of Jean de Joinville and widow of Jean de Faucogney , intended to set up a convent in Montigny as early as 1265. The abbey was finally founded in 1286 in the Champ de Blacon field . Income from tithes and own goods in the surrounding villages of Montigny, Chariez , Montsote and Grange-du-Bois ensured the supply of the monastery.
The sisters lived in detached houses not far from the chapel and only came together to exercise piety . In order to be accepted into the order, paternal noble descent had to be proven. This regulation was maintained for a long time, in 1731 King Louis XV. however, that the second generation of parents had to be noble, both on the maternal and on the paternal side.
The fee for admission to the monastery, which could only take place from the age of 15, was 1,333 livres, 6 sous and 8 deniers (equivalent to 2000 Burgundian francs). A black dress with a white belt was required as clothing. From 1740 the nuns carried the title of canoness and had to be at least 18 years old. In 1789 the abbey had 32 religious sisters.
The buildings were destroyed several times in modern times, especially by the Routiers in 1356, then by the Écorcheurs in 1437. The neighboring landlords benefited from the expropriation of their property. In 1595, Louis de Beauvau again reduced the monastery to rubble. It was eventually abandoned by the sisters during the Thirty Years' War . The buildings burned down again in 1686 and were rebuilt in the 18th century. The monastery church was built from 1725 to 1729 according to plans by Jean-François Tripard, the remaining buildings in the complex were restored in 1769 by the architect Jean-Charles Colombot .
During the French Revolution , the abbey was declared a national property.
The enclosed vineyard of the abbey and the former farm buildings of the abbey district have been registered as monuments historiques since November 9, 1994 . The remaining monastery buildings, including the monastery gardens, the abbey church, the courtyard and the retaining walls on the road to the south, have had the status of a classified monument since April 25, 1997.
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- ^ Société d'agriculture, lettres, sciences et arts de la Haute-Saône (ed.): La Haute-Saône. Nouveau dictionnaire des communes , Vol. 4, Vesoul, 1972, p. 188.
- ^ A b Société d'agriculture, lettres, sciences et arts de la Haute-Saône (ed.): La Haute-Saône. Nouveau dictionnaire des communes , Vol. 4, Vesoul, 1972, p. 189.
- ^ Société d'agriculture, lettres, sciences et arts de la Haute-Saône (ed.): La Haute-Saône. Nouveau dictionnaire des communes , Vol. 4, Vesoul, 1972, p. 190.
- ↑ Entry No. PA00102230 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 4 ′ 25 ″ E