Bonnefontaine Monastery

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Bonnefontaine Cistercian Abbey
Ruins of the abbey church
Ruins of the abbey church
location FranceFrance France
region Grand Est Ardennes
department
Lies in the diocese Reims
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '6 "  N , 4 ° 14' 25"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '6 "  N , 4 ° 14' 25"  E
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		351
founding year 1152
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1791
Mother monastery Igny Monastery
Primary Abbey Clairvaux Monastery

Daughter monasteries

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The Bonnefontaine monastery (Bonus fons) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Blanchefosse-et-Bay , canton Rumigny , in the Ardennes department , Grand Est region , in France , around 25 km southeast of Hirson in the Thiérache .

history

The monastery was founded in 1152 by a donation from Mr. von Rumigny Nicolas II, whose grave is in the ruins of the church, and received its Cistercian founding convent from the Signy monastery . So it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The monastery operated slate mining in the Rumigny area. Around 1660, the abbey's printing house published several books, including an eight-volume library for the Fathers of Cîteaux by Bertrand Tissier . The monastery fell into ruins during the Hundred Years War , but was rebuilt in 1538 under the Commendatar Abbot Jean de Coucy. During the French Revolution , the monastery was closed in 1791.

Buildings and plant

The monastery church from the 13th century was destroyed in 1792, but is still in ruins ( Monument historique ). Three pointed arcades on the north side of the nave with bundled pillars and leaf capitals have been preserved . The walls of the south aisle and the transept are almost completely upright. The Romanesque portal is surmounted by a round tympanum and a semicircular vault. The transept facade still has a large eight-ray rose window . Various items of furniture, including the “Blanchefosse Cross”, have entered the Blanchefosse church.

literature

  • Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 114.
  • J. Chardron: Monograph de l'Abbaye de Bonnefontaine. In: Revue de Champagne et de Brie. Vol. 19, 1885, ZDB -ID 432149-2 , pp. 5-15.

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