Notre-Dame de Bellaigue
| Notre-Dame de Bellaigue | |
|---|---|
 West facade of the abbey church |
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| location |
 Franceregion Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme department |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 9 '35.8 " N , 2 ° 42' 13.7" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
115 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1137 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Year of repopulation | 2000 (Benedictine) |
| Mother monastery | Montpeyroux monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
The Notre-Dame de Bellaigue monastery is a Benedictine priory in France . It is located in the municipality of Virlet in the Puy-de-Dôme department , Auvergne region , 10 kilometers west of Montaigut and 25 kilometers south of Montluçon . The former Cistercian abbey is dedicated to the patronage of Our Lady .
history
The monastery was based on a 950 built priory of the Benedictine Abbey of Menat in 1137 by Cistercian monks as a daughter monastery of Kloster Montpeyroux , a subsidiary foundation of the Abbey Bonnevaux from the filiation of Cîteaux donated. It is uncertain whether the founding of the Cistercians Féniers in Cantal (according to Association Bellaqua) or Aiguebelle (according to Peugniez and various other sources such as Dimier) originated from Bellaigue. The monastery received donations in particular from the lords of Montluçon and the Bourbons . The abbey began to decline in the 14th century. The monastery fell into the future . After large parts of the building burned down in 1689, the monastery was rebuilt in 1700. After the monastery was abolished in the French Revolution around 1791, the abbey church was used as a barn for a long time, and in 1880 the vaults collapsed. Since 1966 the church has been restored and in 2000 Benedictines repopulated the monastery.
The monks of Bellaigue Abbey celebrate the liturgy in the traditional Roman rite , they feel connected to the Society of St. Pius X , and the abbey does not belong to any Benedictine congregation . In September 2008, after lengthy negotiations, the Notre-Dame de Bellaigue Abbey took over the former Reichenstein Monastery of the Premonstratensians in Kalterherberg in the Eifel as a subsidiary.
Buildings and plant
The transitional style church, 45 meters long and 15 meters high, dates from the 12th century (western parts around 1140). It has a three-aisled nave with Burgundian vaults, large arcades with seven-bay rectangular pillars flanked by half-columns, a wide transept and a round choir between four dilapidated, semi-circular side apses . In the church are the tombs of Archambault VIII of Bourbon and his second wife Béatrix de Montluçon. The three-part, two-storey facade has a large arched portal and three arched windows. The inaccessible convent buildings in the south of the church have a gallery of the cloister from the 17th century and include the chapter house , the refectory , the kitchen and the cells on the upper floor . The monastery church was classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) in 1922 . The facades and roofs of the other buildings, as well as the gallery of the cloister , the main staircase, the chapter house and the prior's cell were entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques in 1980.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 39-40.
Web links
- Certosa di Firenze website with some photos
- Association Bellaqua website with photos
- Website with photos
- Photos of the monastery in the Base Mémoire des Ministère de la Culture (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bellaigue Abbey on the Pius Brotherhood website ( Memento from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ancienne abbaye de Bellaigue, Base Mérimée des Ministère de la Culture (French)