Saint-Félix-de-Montceau Abbey
The Abbey of Saint-Félix-de-Montceau was from the 11th to the 12th century, a monastery of the Benedictine nuns , from the 12th to 15th century, the Cistercian nuns and to dissolution by the French Revolution in 1791, again the Benedictines in Gigean in the Hérault ( France ).
history
The nuns' abbey of Saint-Félix-de-Montceau (also incorrectly: Saint-Félix-de-Monceau ), which had existed in the diocese of Maguelone between Gigean and Frontignan on the Gardiole ridge on Lake Thau , was transferred from the Benedictine order to the Cistercian order in 1169 . At the end of the 13th century the Gothic abbey church (now preserved as a ruin) was built. In the 15th century, the convent became Benedictine again and in 1514 moved to the town of Gigean for security reasons, where the monastery was dissolved by the French Revolution in 1791 and there are no remains today. The field of ruins in the Gardiolemassiv, which has been a listed building since 1953, was renovated from 1970 on the initiative of Luc Routier by a specially founded association ( Association de sauvegarde de l'Abbaye Saint-Félix de Montceau ), which is also planning a museum. A monastery garden was set up as a special feature .
literature
- Emile Hollier: Histoire de l'abbaye de Gigean, Saint-Félix-de-Montceau . Pézenas 1925. 238 pages.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 183 ("Montceau, Saint-Félix-de"), p. 1130 ("Félix, St-, de Monceau", sic!), P. 1132 (Gigean, St-Félix- de-Monceau, sic! also incorrectly arranged alphabetically).
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Card collection . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, p. 83A (“Gigean”), p. 95 (“Gigean, S. Felix de Monceau”, sic!), P. 105 (“S. Felix de Monceau”, sic !, “Gigean ").
- Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 255 (“Monceau”, sic!).
Web links
- Mention of “Monceau, Saint Felix de” (sic!) In the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- Entry “Felix de Monceau, Saint” (sic!) On the Certosa di Firenze website
- “Saint-Félix-de-Montceau” page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′ 14.2 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 34.2" E