Augustin de Chabannes
Augustin de Chabannes (born May 19, 1769 in Langogne , † June 13, 1844 in Stapehill, Dorset ) was a French Cistercian , Trappist , prioress and founder of a monastery.
life and work
Rosalie de Vergèses de Chabannes was a Cistercian in the monastery of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs in Paris from 1784 to 1792 . She was thrown in prison during the French Revolution, but managed to escape and entered the Sembrancher monastery in Switzerland , founded by the Trappist Augustin de Lestrange on June 21, 1797 , where she soon became prioress. In 1798 she took part in the Lestrange-led migration of the Trappists to Orsha in what is now Belarus and was superior of the nuns when they were returned in 1800 . From Hamburg-Hamm , Lestrange sent her to England to found a monastery, where she founded Stapehill Monastery in 1802 and was superior for 42 years until her death.
literature
- Patrick Braun: Chabannes, Rosalie-Augustin de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Immo Eberl, The Cistercians. History of a European Order, Ostfildern, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2007.
- Josiane Ferrari-Clément, Fous de Dieu. Récit d'une odyssée trappiste 1793–1815, Paris, Cerf, 1998.
- Marie de la Trinité Kervingant, Des moniales face à la Révolution française. Aux origines des Cisterciennes-Trappistines, Paris, Beauchesne, 1989.
- Wilhelm Knoll, 30 years of Trappist settlement in Darfeld 1795–1825. A contribution to the church history in the Coesfeld district, Bernardus-Verlag, Mainz 2012.
- Augustin-Hervé Laffay (* 1965), Dom Augustin de Lestrange et l'avenir du monachisme: 1754–1827, Paris, Cerf, 1998; Diss. Lyon 3, 1994.
Web links
- http://www.ocso.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=2486&Itemid=53&lang=fr (Entry by Whitland Monastery on the Trappist homepage, with history from Stapehill Monastery and list of the Superiors)
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SURNAME | Chabannes, Augustin de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chabannes, Rosalie de Vergèses de; Chabannes, Rosalie-Augustin de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Trappist, prioress, abbess and founder of a monastery |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1769 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Langogne |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1844 |
Place of death | Stapehill, Dorset |