Irish Cistercian Congregation
The Irish Cistercian Congregation ( Latin Congregatio Sancti Malachiae et Sancti Bernardi ) was an association of Cistercian monasteries under the direction of an abbot-praeses .
The Irish Congregation was established on July 29, 1626 by Pope Urban VIII; on September 18, 1638, she held a chapter and elected a praeses. Their statutes were ratified by the Holy See the following year; at that time Cardinal Richelieu was Abbot General.
The first president or vicar general of this congregation was Abbot Patrick Plunkett (1603–1679), the abbot of St. Mary's Abbey in Dublin and cousin of St. Oliver Plunkett , who was martyred in 1681 for being faithful to the Catholic Church. Abbot Patrick Plunkett left Ireland around 1652 because of the persecution of Catholics under Oliver Cromwell ; the functionality of the congregation was weakened accordingly.
Because of the church persecution that was prevalent at the time of its formation, the congregation was unable to establish itself in practice.
Individual evidence
- ↑ David N. Bell, Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé (Collegeville 2018), p. 57; [Without statement of responsibility] Compendium of the History of the Cistercian Order (1944), p. 239.
literature
- Polycarp Zakar : Constitutional History of the Cistercian Order. Reprint of the Curia of the Cistercian Order, Rome 1993, p. 29.