Dominican monastery Avignon
The Dominican monastery in Avignon was the largest monastery complex in Avignon and one of the most important Dominican settlements . In the 14th century, at the time of the Avignon papacy , it was the scene of several church-historical events . It was abolished in the course of the French Revolution . The buildings disappeared without a trace.
history
The monastery traced its origin to the founder of the order, Dominikus himself. He blessed a fountain in 1219, which was shown in the later sacristy ( SANCTUS DOMINICUS BENEDIXIT HANC AQUAM ANN. 1219 ). The monastery is documented from 1241. The property was in front of the old city wall of Avignon on the banks of the Rhone . When the city wall was rebuilt in the 14th century, the area was included in the wall ring . The mighty, three-aisled monastery church was completed in 1330, the late Gothic cloister , rich in figures, in 1347.
Clement V , who was elected Pope in Perugia in 1305 , took his provisional residence in the Dominican monastery from 1309 until his death in 1314. His successor Benedict XII. and Clemens VI. were crowned in the monastery church . The canonizations of Thomas Aquinas (1323) and Ivo Hélory (1347) took place here. Meister Eckhart lived and died here in 1328 during his inquisition trial . Important scholars belonged to the convent.
After the abolition of the monastery in the course of the revolution, a foundry was set up in the buildings at the beginning of the 19th century . Later the remains of the wall were completely torn down and the site was rebuilt. Rue Victor Hugo runs right across the former monastery property .
Web links
- Historical-bibliographical page (French)
- Joseph Guérin: Panorama d'Avignon, de Vaucluse, du Mont-Ventoux et du Col-Longet: suivi de quelques vues des Alpes , Avignon 1829, pp. 124–130
Coordinates: 43 ° 56 '50.6 " N , 4 ° 48' 6.7" E