Scourmont Abbey
| Scourmont Abbey | |
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.jpg) Scourmont Abbey Church |
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| location |
Belgium Province of Hainaut |
| Lies in the diocese | Tournai |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 58 '56 " N , 4 ° 20' 10" E |
| founding year | 1850 (priory) 1871 (abbey) |
| Mother monastery | Saint Sixtus Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Congregation | (Trappists) |
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Daughter monasteries |
1928: Caldey Trappist Abbey |
The Scourmont Abbey (Latin Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Succurmonte ; French Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont ) is a Belgian Trappist monastery near the city of Chimay .
history
Trappist monks from the Abbey of Sankt Sixtus Westvleteren in Vleteren founded the Scourmont Priory (after: secours-mont = Maria Hilfe Berg), which was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1871, thanks to the donation of land by Prince Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1808–1886) . A beer brewed by the monks under the name Chimay and the cheese brand Abbaye de Chimay have been associated with the abbey since 1860 . Famous monks were Joseph-Marie Canivez and Anselme Dimier . The following foundings originated from Scourmont:
- Caldey Trappist Abbey , on Caldey Island , Wales (1928 to present)
- Trappist monastery Mokoto , 90 km north of Goma , first Democratic Republic of the Congo , today Rwanda (1954 to today)
Scourmont is also the mother monastery of the following women's monasteries:
- Trappist Chimay Abbey, Notre-Dame de la Paix Abbey in Chimay, Belgium
- Trappist Abbey of Soleilmont in Fleurus , Belgium (1972)
- Notre-Dame de La Clarté-Dieu Abbey in Murhesa, Bukavu , Democratic Republic of the Congo (1963)
- Kibungo , Rwanda (2002)
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie. Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2012, p. 393.
Web links
- http://www.scourmont.be/ (website of the abbey, French)
- http://www.cistopedia.org/index.php?id=6015&L=0 (entry)