La Clarté-Dieu Monastery (Saint Paterne)
| Cistercian Abbey of La Clarté-Dieu | |
|---|---|
| location | France Region Center-Val de Loire Indre-et-Loire department |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 36 '4 " N , 0 ° 27' 23" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
633 |
| founding year | 1239 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery of La Clarté-Dieu (Claritas Dei; not to be confused with Eaunes Monastery , which was also known as La Clarté-Dieu, and with the Trappist Abbey of Clarté-Dieu ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Paterne-Racan in the department Indre-et-Loire , Center-Val de Loire region , in France . The monastery is located in a narrow, rocky valley.
history
The monastery was built at the instigation of the Bishop of Winchester , Peter des Roches , who died in 1238 and who also founded Netley Abbey in Hampshire , England , in 1239 as a subsidiary of Cîteaux and thus belonged to the filiation of Cîteaux. The monastery was destroyed by Amaury de Troo in 1364 and then rebuilt. The church fell into disrepair in the 17th and 18th centuries. Before the French Revolution , when it was dissolved, the monastery housed only four monks. After the revolution, the monastery was used as a quarry. The monastery is classified as a monument historique .
Buildings and plant
The church with a semicircular closed apse was in the north of the complex, the enclosure south of the church. The Konversenbau with a wine press and two vaulted halls as well as the lay dormitory on the upper floor and, in a ruinous condition, the stranger's chapel from the 14th century, and the two-aisled, cross-vaulted refectory from the 15th century, have been preserved. The abbot's palace from 1713 still stands from a reconstruction of the 18th century. The furnishings of the almost completely destroyed church have found their way into the parish church of Saint-Paterne.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 106-107.
- Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (Ed.): Architectures en région Center. Val de Loire, Beauce, Sologne, Berry, Touraine (= Le Guide du Patrimoine. ). Hachette, Toulouse 1988, p. 330.