Le Breuil-Benoît monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Le Breuil-Benoît | |
|---|---|
 The monastery 1702 |
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| location | France Upper Normandy Eure department |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 48 ′ 32 " N , 1 ° 21 ′ 19" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
260 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
La Trappe Monastery |
The monastery Le Breuil-Benoît (Brolium Benedicti) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in France . It was located in the municipality of Marcilly-sur-Eure in the Eure department , Normandy region , around ten kilometers west of Dreux , on the left bank of the Eure River .
history
Founded in 1137 by Foulques, Lord of Marcilly, and his son Guillaume on the basis of a vow in the Holy Land and occupied by monks from the Vaux-de-Cernay monastery, it belonged to the Congregation of Savigny . After he founded the monastery of La Trappe in 1140 , it joined the Cistercian order in 1147 and was subordinate to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1421, the troops of King Henry V of England occupied the monastery, set the church on fire, looted the convent buildings and killed the monks. In 1762 the monastery , which fell in the coming area, had only two monks. During the French Revolution, the abbey was dissolved and partially demolished in 1790. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1993 .
Buildings and plant
Of the complex, which is located in a park, are the towering, three-aisled, groin-vaulted Gothic nave with six bays of the church, which was built between 1190 and 1224, with its west facade with three lancet windows, two oculi and a double gate, the west walls of the transept with originally three square ones Jochen and the five choir chapels arranged in a semicircle around a gallery have been preserved. A restoration has been in progress since 1995. The church is the only upright Cistercian church in Normandy. The abbot's house from around 1550 has been converted into a mansion. The remaining buildings have largely disappeared.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 320.