Martigné-Briand Benedictine Convent

The Benedictine monastery Martigné-Briand (also: Priory of Our Lady of Compassion ) is since 1961 a convent of Benedictine nuns in Martigné-Briand , department of Maine-et-Loire ( Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers ) in France.

history

The Congregation of Saint Bathilde, which goes back to Marguerite Waddington-Delmas and has a motherhouse in Vanves , sent sisters to Chemillé in 1953 to reinforce the last nuns of the former Fontevrault Abbey who had officially settled there since 1824 (unofficially since 1803) . In 1956 the community was recognized by Rome. In 1961 she moved to La Barre in Martigné-Briand (33 km south of Angers ) and founded the Notre-Dame de Compassion monastery (1 place Robert d'Arbrissel in the hamlet of Villeneuve), which was increasingly expanded. 22 sisters currently live there.

Web links

• Information on the Martigné-Briand Benedictine monastery in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Page about the monastery in the OSB atlas
• Monastery page on the Congregation's website
• Detailed diocese page about the monastery, with history, illustrated
• Short side to the monastery, with picture

Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '21.3 "  N , 0 ° 27' 17.2"  W.