Gaussan Abbey

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The Abbey Gaussan from 1994 to 2008, a French monastery of the Benedictine southwest Bizanet , Aude department , Diocese of Carcassonne Narbonne . Today the community is in Donetsan .

history

The place Gaussan belonged to since 1178 Cistercian - Priory Sainte-Eugénie of Peyriac-de-Mer . It was subsequently grangie of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide and expanded like a fortress. After it was closed by the French Revolution , the buildings (known as Château Gaussan ) went into private hands and were hotels when the Benedictines of Fontgombault Abbey took them over in 1994 and founded the Notre-Dame de Gaussan monastery , which became an abbey in 2004. Just a few years later, the lack of seclusion drove the monks to move to the newly founded Notre-Dame de Donezan in Carcanières , east of Quérigut , Département Ariège , Diocese of Pamiers . The buildings there (not far from the border with the Aude department, at an altitude of 1,300 m) are only under construction, but the construction of the church is about to be completed (2018). In Gaussan, Donezan Monastery continues to run a winery that is up for sale. The convent belongs to the Congregation of Solesmes .

Abbots

  • since 2004: Marc Doat

literature

  • Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés. Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1261.
  • Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 244.
  • Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 178.

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Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′ 5.5 ″  N , 2 ° 50 ′ 32.9 ″  E