Beauport Abbey
The former Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beauport is located in the district of Kérity in the municipality of Paimpol ( Côtes-d'Armor department , Brittany ).
history
Beauport Abbey was founded in 1202 with the support of Alain I, Count of Penthièvre († 1212). He provided land between the mouth of the Correc and a swamp area, the "Pré aux oies" (goose pasture), on which monks from the Premonstratensian Abbey of La Lucerne near Avranches settled.
Equipped with papal privileges, they began building the monastery in 1203. Beauport thrived mainly in the 13th and 14th centuries and had a new bloom phase in the first half of the 18th century. The decline in 1750 was followed by closure in 1790. In 1797, Louis Morand, Island fishermen from Paimpol, bought part of the abbey, the rest became the property of the municipality of Kérity. The looting of the abbey that began with its closure was not ended until 1862, when Beauport was classified as a Monument historique .
In 1992, Beauport came into the possession of the Conservatoire du littoral . The restoration work that has now started made Beauport one of the most important tourist destinations in Brittany.
buildings
The facade, the main nave (without roof), the north aisle and the left transept are still standing from the 13th century church. The long chapter house to the east of the monastery with its polygonal apses is an excellent example of Anglo-Norman Gothic . In the north-west is the access to the spacious refectory , which opened to the sea with round arches. The ducal building, the guest house for the pilgrims and the access to the vaulted cellar under the refectory led out onto the forecourt. The taxes (on salt and grain) were received in another building. The two-aisled guest room is used today as a reception and information building.
Abbots of Beauport
Regular abbots
- around 1206: Raoul I.
- after 1206: Guillaume I. Larcher
- Simon I († 1220)
- after 1220 André I.
- 1220–1222: S…
- 1224: Roger
- around 1250: Hervé
- 1252-1279: Robert de Fonteuvi
- Yves de Keritry
- 1276: Guillaume II.
- Michel I. Gautier
- Guillaume II.
- 1284: Pierre I. d'Agaville
- Jean I. de Montmartin
- Jean II de Humo
- Michel II Vivier or Vivien († 1290)
- André II. Fabri
- around 1352: Jean III. Corret
- Guillaume III. de Pommerit († 1355)
- 1355–1373: Jacques Monceau or Moreau
- 1382-1397: Jean IV. Cillart
- 1397-1442: Jean V. Boscher
- 1446-1456: Jean VI. Huet
- 1456-1479: Pierre II. Huet
- 1479-1491: Amaury de la Roche
- 1491–1497: Robert de la Vallée
- 1498–1542: Jean VII. Le Bigot
Commendati abbots
- 1542-1546: Gilles de Quemper de Lanascol
- Simon de Maillé, Archbishop of Tours
- François d'Acigné
- Alessandro Farnese , cardinal
- 1573–1577: Torquat de Gondi
- 1577–1581: Claude Gontin
- 1591–1598: Claude Chasteignier de la Rochepozay
- 1598–1603: Claude de Marboeuf
- 1603-1607: Ferdinand Chasteignier de la Rochepozay
- 1607-1618: Gabriel de Louardeau
- 1618–1627: Nicolas David
- 1627-16xx: Louis Chasteignier de la Rochepozay
- 16xx-16xx: Charles Chasteignier de la Rochepozay
- 16xx– 1678: Anne Chasteignier de la Rochepozay
- 1678-1722: Alexandre de Roye de la Rochefoucauld
- 1722-17xx: Louis Colbert
- 1722–1729: Frédéric-Jérôme de la Rochefoucauld de Roye (1701–1757), 1729 Archbishop of Bourges , 1747 Abbot of Cluny and Cardinal
- 1729–1745: Louis Nivet de Montclus, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc
- 1745-1747: Pierre de Rostignac
- 1747-1779: N de Fumal
- 1779-1785: N de Goyon
- 1785–1790: Alphonse-Constance de Pontevés
literature
- Meiffret L .: Le domaine de l'abbaye de Beauport (Côtes d'Armor): example de gestion active d'un site classé. In: Sites et monuments (bulletin de la Société pour la protection des paysages et de l'esthétique de la France) , 2006, pp. 29–31.
- Les Abbayes Bretonnes Biennales des Abbayes Bretonnes. Le Sarment Fayard, Rennes 1983, ISBN 2-213-01313-6 , pp. 321-329.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 4 " N , 3 ° 1 ′ 10" W