Bonnefont Monastery

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Bonnefont Cistercian Abbey
Bonnefont Abbey, view of the area of ​​the former cloister;
Bonnefont Abbey, view of the area of ​​the former cloister, the preserved converse wing on the left
location FranceFrance France
Region Okzitanien
Haute-Garonne
Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '28 "  N , 0 ° 52' 27"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '28 "  N , 0 ° 52' 27"  E
Serial number
according to Janauschek
119
founding year 1137
Year of dissolution /
annulment
1791
Mother monastery Morimond Monastery
Primary Abbey Morimond Monastery

Daughter monasteries

Villelongue Monastery (1149)
Boulbonne Monastery (1150)
Pérignac Monastery (1150)
Nizors Monastery (1180)
Santa Fe Monastery (1223)
Lavaix Monastery (1224)

The Bonnefont Monastery (Bonuis fons) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in the commune of Proupiary in the Haute-Garonne department , Occitania region , in France . It is located around 15 kilometers east-northeast of Saint-Gaudens . The ruin has been classified as a Monument historique since 1984 .

history

The monastery was founded in 1136 or 1137 and was a subsidiary of Morimond Primary Abbey . The founding convention had been called by the Bishop of Comminges to a site donated by the Countess of Montpezat. The agricultural domain of the monastery was extensive. The monastery had at least eight grangia in the vicinity, namely Auzas, Appas and Linas in Castillon, Sainte-Foy in Aurignac, Pentens in Martres-Tolosanes, La Peyrière in Proupiary, Le Frechet and Lias, and further afield Canet and Minhac, as well two townhouses in Saint-Gaudens and Toulouse and was involved in the creation of the bastides Carbonne, Lestelle, Boussens, Plaisance, Beauchalot (all on the site of Grangien), Mazières, Boulogne-sur-Gesse and Blajan. Daughter monasteries monastery Villelongue , Monastery Boulbonne , Monastery Pérignac , Monastery Nizors (La Bénissons-Dieu) and in present-day Spain Monastery of Santa Fe and Santa Maria de Lavaix . The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution . Large parts of the system were moved to other places (up to New York). The Bernard, Comte de Comminges recumbent bike was bought by the Augustinian Museum in Toulouse in 1827. In 1983 the monastery complex was acquired by two associations (Société des Études du Comminges and Association pour la sauvegarde de l'abbaye de Bonnefont et de son ancien patrimoine).

Giant by Bernard, Count of Comminges, Musée des Augustins de Toulouse

Buildings and plant

The facade of the chapter house in Saint-Martory around 1900.

Only a tower from the 15th century, the gate house, and parts of the Konversen wing from the 13th century have been preserved on the monastery grounds. The church has been completely gone since 1856. In the west facade of the church of St-Ferréol des Touille, 14 km away, parts of the former monastery church are built in and have been classified there as a monument historique since 1926. The Gothic cloister from the first half of the 12th century with 128 columns was re-erected to a lesser extent (32 columns) in the Jardin public as the cloister by Bonnefont in Saint-Gaudens. A larger part (52 columns) went to The Cloisters Museum in New York , NY . The facade of the chapter house was re-erected in the former gendarmerie in Saint-Martory , and a portal reached the parish church there. The facade of the chapter house has been classified as a monument historique since 1994; it has been dismantled and stored since 1990.

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. 253-256.

Individual evidence

  1. Ancienne abbaye de Bonnefont in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. Eglise Touille in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. Salle capitulaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. abbaye-de-bonnefont

Web links

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