Ardorel Monastery
| Ardorel Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 FranceRegion Okzitanien Tarn |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 40 '59 " N , 2 ° 15' 37" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
274 |
| founding year | 1114 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | 1147? |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Cadouin Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Notre-Dame du Jau monastery (1162) |
The Ardorel Monastery (Ardorellum) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Payrin-Augmontel in the Tarn department , Occitania region , in France . It was about 13 km southeast of Castres .
history
A Benedictine community existed in Ardorel as early as 1114. In 1124, Cécile de Provence, the Countess of Béziers , asked the abbot of Cadouin Abbey to send a group of monks. In 1138 and 1139 Ardorel, who at that time still belonged to the Benedictine order, founded the monasteries of Valmagne (which joined the Cistercian order in 1144 as the daughter of the Bonnevaux (Dauphiné) monastery) and Saint-Sauveur de Sira, but the latter was already nine years old later disbanded. In 1147 at the latest, Ardorel joined the Cistercian Order as a subsidiary of the Cadouin Monastery, which had also become Cistercian at an unknown time. Ardorel belonged to the filiation of the Primary Abbey of Pontigny . In 1162, the Notre-Dame du Jau monastery, built in 1147 as a Benedictine monastery, was subordinate to Ardorel . In 1587 the monastery was plundered and set on fire during the Albigensian Wars. The remaining monks then withdrew to the Grangie la Rhode in Lempaut 11 km northeast of Revel , which the monastery had owned since 1258. In 1791 the monastery was closed during the French Revolution .
Buildings and plant
Remnants of the original system were still there until the Second World War . Today the foundations and part of the north wall of the church and the remains of the chapter house in the middle of a forest in a mined military area still stand. Parts of the equipment have found their way into the Cathar Museum in Mazamet and are privately owned.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 272-273.