Le Jard Abbey

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Château du Jard

The Abbey Le Jard ( French Abbaye royale de Saint Jean-Baptiste du Jard or Saint-Jean du Jard-de-la-Reine ( de Jardo Regina )) was founded in the 12th century. It is located in Voisenon near Melun and originally belongs to the Archdiocese of Sens , today to the Diocese of Meaux .

history

The monastic community was founded in Passy in 1171 and elevated to an abbey in 1196 or 1197. The French Queen Adela of Champagne , widow of Louis VII , who often stayed at the Château royal du Jard in Voisenon, wanted the Passy monastery to be moved to the castle. In 1203, Pierre de Corbeil , Archbishop of Sens , complied with what Pope Innocent III did in 1204 . has been confirmed.

Le Jard was subordinate to the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris and owned properties in Vert-Saint-Denis and the priories of Melun, Sarnois and Villebéon . She also owned the benefits of Boisgalon, Courcelles , Notre-Dame-du-Pré, Passy, Roiblay , Treyans (Tréhans), and Villechavau. In addition, the abbey had a manor in Rubelles, mentioned as early as the 13th century .

Augustinian hermits from Pacy (Passy) near Villebéon and monks from the mother monastery of Saint-Victor entered the abbey . The abbey church was consecrated to John the Baptist (Saint Jean-Baptiste), due to its rich furnishings it was later called "Saint-Denis the Counts of Melun". The last abbot of Le Jard was the writer Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon (1708–1775) from 1741 .

Today only the facade of the Château du Jard , the former convent building in the style of Louis XIII, remains of the abbey . , and the 18th century underground ice house in a 45 acre park.

literature

  • Honoré Fisquet : La France pontificale (Gallia christiana). Volume 20/21
  • Arnaud Timbert, Yves Gallet: Une fondation royale du début du XIIIe siècle: L'Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Jard. In: Art et architecture à Melun au Moyen Age. 2000, pp. 201-221
  • Nicolas Petit: Prosopography génovéfaine. 2008, p. 533
  • Jean Comoy: L'Abbaye Royale du Jard-la-Reine-les-Melun. no year

Remarks

  1. ↑ Le Jard originally referred to a large enclosed garden ( jardin )
  2. ↑ According to tradition, the heir to the throne Philip II was born here (see website of the Center du Jard )
  3. ↑ Petit
  4. ↑ Fisquet
  5. ^ Bois Galon in Fontenay-sous-Bois
  6. ↑ Petit

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 14.7 "  N , 2 ° 39 ′ 35.8"  E