Boquen Monastery
| Boquen Cistercian Abbey | |
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| location |
 Franceregion Brittany department Cotes-d'Armor |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 19 '5.3 " N , 2 ° 26' 44.8" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
116 |
| founding year | 1137 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Year of repopulation | 1937 |
| Year of re-dissolution | 1973 |
| Mother monastery | Bégard Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
The Boquen Monastery (Boquianum; Notre-Dame de Boquen) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Plénée-Jugon in the Côtes-d'Armor department , Brittany region , in France . It is located around 10 km south of Lamballe on the Arguenon.
history
The monastery was settled in 1137 by monks from the Bégard monastery . It thus belonged to the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . It is unclear whether the Bon-Repos Monastery (1184) was founded from Boquen or depending on the Savigny Monastery . The monastery quickly grew considerably, but later fell into the future . It came to an end during the French Revolution in 1790. It was then used as a quarry.
In 1936 the monastery was revived by Trappists from Tamié Monastery under the direction of Dom Alexis Presse , who stayed until 1970. As early as 1938, it was classified as a monument historique . After 1970 the monastery was restored and served as an ecumenical meeting place. In 1976 the Sisters from Bethlehem came; in January 2011 the charismatic and ecumenical community Chemin Neuf took over the monastery.
Buildings and plant
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From the sober church, the spacious main nave from the last quarter of the 12th century with the two side aisles opened over large arcades resting on drum-shaped columns, the transept with two chapels on each side, which was extended in the 14th and 15th centuries Choir with a flat end and large windows. On the left side of the crossing is a tower with a spiral staircase. In one of the chapels there is a statue of the Virgin Mary from the 15th century. The facade has a pointed arched portal with three archivolts , a high lancet window and four contreforts . The cloister has not been restored, but access to the chapter house has been preserved. Most of the other cloister buildings date from the 17th century.
List of Abbots
- 1137 : Adonias
- ? : Guethenoc
- 1148 : Kennaroc
- 1202 : Brient
- 1238 - 1241 : Alain
- 1246 - 1253 : Pierre I.
- 1267 - 1272 : Guillaume I.
- 1309 : Luc
- 1333 - 1345 : Pierre II.
- 1360 : Yves Boaudi?
- 1367 : Henri
- 1381 - 1434 : Guillaume II. Grignon
- 1434 - 1449 : Jean Ier Bouret
- 1449: Louis du Verger
- 1462 : Nicolas Rabel
- 1472 - 1480 : Jean II Gomart
- 1486 - 1486: Normand Baudre
Commendati abbots
- 1494 - 1521 : Christophe de la Moussaye
- 1522 : Guillaume III. de Kersal
- 1529 - 1537 : Jean de la Motte
- 1538 - 1546 : Guillaume IV. Eder
- 1546 - 1582 : Maurice de Commacre
- ? : Sansom Bernard
- ? : Bertrand de Goyon
- ? : Mathurin Tardivel
- ? : Jean Bouan
- ? : Jean Gillet
- 1615 1653 : Olivier Frottet
- 1653 - 1680 : Urbain d'Espinay
- 1682 : Philippe Jean Le Chapellier de Mauron
- 1723 - 1757 : Jacques de Durras
- 1757 - 1790 : Joseph Mathurin Le Mintier
literature
- Guy Luzsénszky: Boquen. Chronique d'un espoir. Éditions Stock, Paris 1977, ISBN 2-234-00674-0 .
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 82-83.
- Xavier-Henry de Villeneuve: Boquen - une quête renouvelée de Dieu. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie. No. 234, 1998, ISSN 1141-7137 , pp. 22-23, with further literature.
