La Merci-Dieu Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of La Merci-Dieu | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Franceregion Nouvelle-Aquitaine Department Vienne |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 46 ′ 3 ″ N , 0 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
327 |
| founding year | 1151 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Chaalis Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery La Merci-Dieu (Misericordia Dei) - not to be confused with the existing Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Merci-Dieu in Saint-Jean-d'Assé - is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of La Roche-Posay in the Vienne department , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , in France , around 28 km east of Chatellerault , on the banks of the Gartempe River .
history
The monastery, initially called Bécheron, was founded in 1151 by Eschivard, Lord of Preuilly-sur-Claise (see House Preuilly ), and around 1175 took the name La Merci-Dieu. It was a subsidiary of the Chaalis monastery from the filiation of the Pontigny primary abbey (according to other information from the Cherlieu monastery and thus a filiation of the Clairvaux monastery ). The priory of Tartifumé in Ingrandes depended on the monastery . It also had the granges Plain-Bois, Oire, Bécheron, Brene, Paire and Regne and various lands. Around 1660 the theologian Jean Bourgeois received the abbey in Kommende, which had recently become part of strict observance . During the French Revolution , the monastery came to an end in 1791.
Buildings and plant
Some rooms in a private estate, a mill, the chapel used as a barn and a cloister wing, which was renovated shortly before the end of the monastery, have been preserved . The Notre-Dame church in La Roche-Posay preserves an altar from the monastery.
literature
- Étienne Clouzot: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Merci-Dieu, autrement dite de Bécheron au diocèse de Poitiers (= Archives historiques du Poitou. Vol. 34, ISSN 1243-2547 ). Société Française d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, Poitiers 1905.
- C. Garda: De Port-Royal à la Merci-Dieu. Lettres et testament de Jean Bourgeois. In: Cîteaux commentarii cistercienses. Vol. 43, No. 1/4, 1992, ISSN 0009-7497 , pp. 259-317.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 398.