Chalais monastery

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Chalais monastery

The Chalais monastery in Voreppe ( Diocese of Grenoble ) was the founding monastery of the Chalaisians from 1101 to 1304 , then became an independent Carthusian monastery, was attached to the Grande Chartreuse in 1582 and fell victim to the French Revolution in 1791 . From 1844 to 1881 it was a Dominican monastery . It has been a Dominican convent since 1963 . The monastery has been classified as a Monument historique since 1974 .

history

Chalaisians and Carthusians

In 1101 Hugo von Grenoble founded the Benedictine monastery Chalais east of Voreppe , which was elevated to an abbey in 1124 and opened a priory in Laverq (today: Méolans-Revel ) in 1135 . 1142 took over monks of Chalais the south Crots located monastery Boscodon . In 1148 they were given an order comparable to the Cistercian Carta Caritatis . The Chalais Religious Congregation was brought into being. Over time, all Chalaisian monasteries passed into the hands of other orders: Chalais became a Carthusian monastery in 1304 , with Boscodon taking over the role of the mother monastery of the Chalaisians. Chalais survived as a Charterhouse (first independently, from 1582 as a branch of the Grande Chartreuse) until 1791.

Dominicans

In 1844 Henri Lacordaire made the place the first study monastery of the Dominicans, which in 1859 moved to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume . Chalais served as the Dominican retirement home until 1881, when it was sold. In 1963 the Dominicans of Oullins (near Lyon) gave up their monastery, which had existed since 1868, and moved to Chalais. In 1966 they were followed by the Dominicans of Chinon . They brought their tradition of baking cookies with them, which the community (approx. 12 sisters) still entertains today.

building

The 12th century church, which is similar to the early Cistercian churches, has been a listed building since 1992.

literature

  • Chalais de 1101 à aujourd'hui. 9 siècles de présence monastique à Voreppe . Voreppe 2004.
  • Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995, columns 670-671.
  • Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 530.
  • L'ordre de Chalais et l'abbaye de Valbonne. Histoire et archeology. Actes du colloque tenu à Valbonne les 5 et 6 février 1999. Fédération historique de Provence, Marseille 2001. (= Provence historique. Revue trimestrielle, volume 51, fascicle 205)
  • History of the Dominican monastery Chalais by Nathalie Viet-Depaule , French

Web links

Commons : Chalais Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chalais Monastery in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′ 34.2 "  N , 5 ° 40 ′ 33.2"  E