Acquafredda Monastery
| Acquafredda Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion Lombardy Province of Como |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
184 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1143 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1785 |
| Mother monastery | Morimondo Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Acquafredda Monastery (S. Maria di Aquafredda) is a former Cistercian abbey in Lombardy , Italy . It is located at an altitude of 329 m in the municipality of Lenno in the province of Como above Lake Como .
history
The foundation took place in July 1142 by Azzo Peregrino, the lord of Isola Comacina, who left the place called Roncale to the monk Enrico von Morimondo in order to join the Mother of God, Saint Peter and the Bishop of Como Agrippino, who was there already in the year 586 is said to have built a church in which he was later buried to found a consecrated monastery. The monastery was built in 1143. The monks came from Morimondo Monastery , a daughter of Morimond Primary Abbey . The name of the abbey is derived from a nearby cold spring. In 1159 Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa granted the monastery a privilege and in 1173 it was taken by Pope Alexander III. under his protection. The construction of the first church, of which only a small semicircular apse has survived, was probably started in 1153. In 1431 the Cistercians of Acquafredda are said to have taken over the basilica of the Cluniac convent of San Benedetto in the Perlana Valley (according to Schomann, Reclam's Art Guide Italy I.1, 1981, p. 201). The monastery joined the Italian Congregation of St. Bernard in 1497, but already fell six years later into the coming of Pope Pius III's nephew . , Francesco Piccolomini. It was set on fire in 1527 by Count Ascanio Pergamino on the orders of the Governor of Como Federico Rossi to drive away bandits who had settled there. In the 16th century the economic power of the monastery was low. In August 1785 the monastery was closed; the monks went to the Certosa di Pavia . The 19th century saw first a settlement of Benedictines from Marseille; in the following years Capuchins took over the monastery.
Plant and buildings
Today's small church from the 18th century has a single nave with two side chapels and has paintings by Fiammighini ; the monastery buildings also date from the 18th century.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini: Le abazie cistercensi d'Italia , o. O. (Casamari), 1964, without ISBN, p. 38 f .;
- Chierichetti: Lake Como , travel guide, undated , p. 45.