Bon-Repos Monastery
| Bon Repos Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Notre-Dame de Bon-Repos monastery |
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| location |
 Franceregion Brittany department Cotes-d'Armor |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 12 '41 " N , 3 ° 7' 36.1" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
420 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1184 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1789 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos (Breton abati to Diskuizh Mat ) is the impressive monastery ruin of a 12th century under the patronage Sanctae Maria da Bona requie founded former Cistercian abbey . It is located in the town of Saint-Gelven in the western French department of Côtes-d'Armor in the Brittany region , around 25 kilometers northwest of Pontivy , in the Blavet valley and in the Quénécan forest.
history
The 1184 by Alain III. de Rohan , the Viscount de Rohan , and his wife Constance de Penthièvre was a daughter monastery of Savigny and thus belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . Thirteen Viscounts de Rohan and several consorts of the Rohan were buried in the crypt. The monastery had numerous grangia . To the 16th century flourishing abbey fell into the 16th century Coming . Only under the abbot Philippe Alexandre de Montault Saint-Genies Navaille did it experience an upswing again from 1683. During the French Revolution, the abbey was abandoned by the four remaining monks in 1789, but dissolved the following year and converted into a canvas factory. In 1796 it was occupied by the rebellious Chouans and set on fire. In 1932, convicts who dug the canal from Nantes to Brest were transferred to the abbey. After 1850 the buildings served as a quarry. In 1986 a society for the preservation of the monastery was formed and initially carried out clearing and security work.
Buildings and plant
The gatehouse with its arched passage from the 13th / 14th centuries has been preserved. Century as well as a sober, ruinous square complex from the 17th / 18th century. Century. An arcade has been preserved from the cloister; it has recently been partially reconstructed. The church from the 13th century with a semicircular apse, a transept with two chapels each in the east and a single nave nave is rudimentary (south side of the choir and parts of the crossing and transept). The foundations of a pigeon house have also been preserved. The Church of Quilio has various furnishings, as does the Boquen Monastery .
See also
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. 80-82.
Web links
- Website of the friends' association
- Website about the abbey
- Photo page
- Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos at www.artouest.org (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.cistercensi.info names the monastery as a subsidiary of Boquen Monastery