Edmond Paul de Barth

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Edmond Paul de Barth , née Marie Antoinette Elisabeth Marguerite de Barth (born May 27, 1754 in Strasbourg , † August 29, 1808 in Rosendahl ) was a French Cistercian , Trappist and superior of Darfeld-Rosenthal Monastery .

life and work

Marie Antoinette Elisabeth Marguerite de Barth was a Cistercian in the Koenigsbruck monastery . After the dissolution of her monastery by the French Revolution , she entered the Sembrancher monastery founded by Augustin de Lestrange on September 30, 1797 , the first Trappist monastery ever. She took the religious name Edmond (after Edmund Rich ) Paul and in a leading position from 1798 to 1800 she walked the monastery, led by Lestrange, to Orscha in Belarus and from there to Darfeld , where she was the founding priority of the women's monastery on December 28, 1800 Maison-Dieu de Notre Dame de la Miséricorde (Convent of Our Lady of Mercy). After her death, she was followed by Hélène Van den Broeck .

literature

  • 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.

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personal data
SURNAME Barth, Edmond Paul de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barth, Marie Antoinette Elisabeth Marguerite de (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Cistercian, Trappist and superior of Darfeld-Rosenthal Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1808
Place of death Rosendahl