Le Relec Monastery

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Cistercian Abbey Le Relec
West facade of the abbey church
West facade of the abbey church
location FranceFrance France
Region Bretagne
Department Finistère
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '47.2 "  N , 3 ° 50' 3.7"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '47.2 "  N , 3 ° 50' 3.7"  W.
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		57
founding year 6th century by Benedictines?
Cistercian since 1132
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1791
Mother monastery Bégard Monastery
Primary Abbey Citeaux monastery

The Monastery Le Relec (Le Relecq; Abbatia de reliquiis) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Plounéour-Ménez in the Finistère region Brittany , in France . It is located around 17 kilometers south of Morlaix in the Queffleuth valley .

history

South view of the abbey church

The monastery is probably a Benedictine foundation of Paul Aurelian from the 6th century back, which was called Gerber. The occupation with Cistercian monks took place in 1132 from the mother monastery Bégard , which was itself a daughter of the monastery L'Aumône . Thus Le Relec belonged to the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . The monastery flourished from the 12th to the 15th centuries, but was sacked in the Hundred Years War in 1375. The land allocation to third parties took place in the system of the Quévaise, which tied the rear seat to the landlord. At the end of the 15th century, the Coming was introduced in Le Relec . During the Huguenot Wars , the monastery was plundered several times, for example in 1598. As a result, it partly fell into ruins. At the beginning of the French Revolution , which brought the end of the monastery, the number of monks was four. The buildings were then sold. The abbey was classified as a Monument historique in 1914 . Today the facility is owned by the General Council of the Department.

Buildings and plant

Interior of the abbey church
Staircase to the dormitory

The abbey church from the 12th century, which has been rebuilt several times, has been preserved with an altar from the 17th century, the stairs to the dormitory , as well as remains of the cloister, gardens, a monumental fountain and two ponds. Ruins of the convent buildings have been preserved.

Abbots

  • 1171-1184: David
  • ...
  • 1265-1279: Yves
  • 1300: Alain
  • 1309: Jean
  • 1389-1392: Guillaume
  • 1437 (year of death): Olivier
  • 1458: Henri Kerhoet
  • 1458–1462: Parcevaux Le galais
  • 1462-1472: Guillaume Le Goellos
  • 1479: Conan de Kerrenborgne
  • 1487-1515: Guillaume de L'Espervier
  • 1511: Pierre de Kerléau

Commendati abbots

18 abbots from 1526 to 1784:

  • 1526–1541: Louis d'Acigné
  • 1541–1543: Jacques Torsolis, competing with
  • 1541-1543: Guillaume Le Roux
  • 1543: Sébastien Thomé
  • 1550-1564: Louis Le Bouteiller
  • 1596–1600: René Potier, Bishop of Beauvais
  • 1600-1651: René de Rieux
  • ?: Cardinal de Lenoncourt
  • 1659–1691: François de Pas de Feuquières
  • 1719 (year of death): David Nicolas de Bertier, Bishop of Blois since 1697
  • 1719–1728: François Elie de Voyer d'Argenson
  • 1729-1740: Antoine Charpin de Gennetines
  • 1740–1784: Pierre Hyppolite du Viviers de Lansac

literature

  • Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , SS 85.
  • Maurice Dilasser: Le Relec et son église abbatiale. Châteaulin 1978.
  • Abbaye du Relec . Chemins du partimoine en Finistère. o. O., o. J. (available on site)

Web links

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