Blagnac monastery
Blagnac Abbey was a French Trappist monastery in Blagnac near Toulouse from 1852 to 1939 .
history
In 1852, Trappist women from Maubec Monastery ( Montélimar ) founded Blagnac Monastery. In 1939 they were driven out by the construction of the Toulouse-Blagnac airport and moved to the Rivet monastery south of Bordeaux for repopulation . They were followed by Dominican Sisters in Blagnac, and from 1987 onwards, the community of the Beatitudes .
Prioresses and abbesses
- Marie Agnès Monjot (1852-1853)
- Hildegarde Schreiber (1853-1891)
- Louise Duponnois (1891–1932, first abbess)
- Madeleine Freydier (1932–1939)
The church
The nave and the choir
Chapel of the "Way of the Cross"
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 214.
Web links
- Page Rivet Monastery in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, with bibliography and reference to Blagnac
- Rivet Monastery page on the Trappist website with information about Blagnac Monastery, in French
- Resettlement history of Rivet Monastery, French
Coordinates: 43 ° 37 '48.6 " N , 1 ° 23' 57" E