Candeil Monastery
| Candeil Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 FranceRegion Okzitanien Tarn |
| Coordinates: | 43 ° 47 '57 " N , 1 ° 58' 49" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
336 |
| founding year | 1150 or 1152 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Grandselve Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
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The Candeil Monastery (Candelium) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Tarn department , Occitania region in France . The monastery is located in the municipality of Labessière-Candeil around 21 km southwest of Albi and 6 km north of Graulhet .
history
The monastery was founded in 1150 or 1152 as a daughter of the Grandselve monastery and thus belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1166 he founded the Bonnecombe Monastery . The monastery had nine grangs and founded four bastides . A cross (croix à main; late 14th century) with several cross particles comes from the monastery. It came to an end during the French Revolution in 1791.
Buildings and plant
The summer residence of the commander's abbots has been preserved. The castle of Lézignac belonged to the monastery. The church in Gaillac has a bell cast in 1499 from the monastery.
literature
- Christelle Blanc: Les granges de l'abbaye Cistercienne de Candeil du milieu du XIIe au milieu du XIVe siècles. In. Citeaux. Commentarii cistercienses. Vol. 55, 2004, ISSN 0774-4919 , pp. 21-45.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 273.
- Esther Wipfler: "Corpus Christi" in liturgy and art of the Cistercians in the Middle Ages (= Vita regularis. Treatises. Vol. 18). LIT, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-7307-2 (At the same time: Heidelberg, University, dissertation, 1997: "Corpus Christi" in the art of the Cistercians. ).