Corazzo monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Corazzo | |
|---|---|
 Corazzo, ruined monastery |
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| location |
 Italy Region Calabria Province of Catanzaro |
| Coordinates: | 39 ° 3 '41.7 " N , 16 ° 25' 22.7" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
430 |
| founding year | around 1157 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | around 1188 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1809 |
| Mother monastery | Fossanova Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery Corazzo is a former Cistercian abbey in Calabria , Italy . It is located near Castagna in the municipality of Carlopoli in the province of Catanzaro , in the Sila Piccola , near the Corace river .
history
The monastery was founded around 1157 as a Benedictine abbey by Count Roger von Marturano. From 1162 onward efforts began to be accepted into the Cistercian order. But it was not until 1177 that the Bishop of Martirano renounced his rights over the monastery after Pope Alexander III. had granted the monastery the freedoms of the Cistercian order. Admission to the Cistercian order took place around 1188 as a subsidiary of Fossanova Monastery . In this way, the monastery belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The first abbot of the Cistercian monastery was Blessed Colombano , followed by Joachim von Fiore , who founded the Florensian congregation, but who never belonged to Corazzo. Later the monastery fell into the coming . Since 1633 it belonged to the Calabrian-Lucan congregation. In 1783 it was damaged in an earthquake. Some Cistercian monks remained in Corazzo until the monastery was dissolved by Murat in 1809 (according to other information under Joseph Bonaparte in 1808). The monastery was damaged in fighting between Montagnards and Murat's troops.
Plant and buildings
Only ruins of the monastery have survived today. Items of equipment from the monastery church are scattered in the surrounding parish churches.
literature
- Walther Holtzmann : Italia Pontificia , 9, Berlin 1962, pp. 119–123
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini: Breve prospetto delle abazie cisterciensi d'Italia , o. O. (Casamari), 1964, pp. 71-72