Les Châtelliers monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Les Châtelliers | |
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 Remains of the monastery church (photo taken in 1889) |
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| location | France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Deux-Sèvres department |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 29 ′ 18 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
382 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1163 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery Les Châtelliers ( Beata Maria de Castellariis ) is a former Cistercian abbey on the border of the communities of Fomperron and Chantecorps in the Deux-Sèvres department , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , in western France , around 22 km southeast of Parthenay and around 8 km west of Menigoute .
history
The monastery was founded by Géraud de Salles in 1118 as a Benedictine settlement on the banks of a wide pond and at the confluence of the Andraudières and Vallouse streams and joined the Cistercian order in 1163 as a subsidiary of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . It was worshiped for a long time as the tomb of Géraud de Salles and attracted pilgrims. The restored Grangie Salette in Saint-Georges-de-Noisné with a partially preserved chapel from around 1150 and the so-called “priory” and a dovecote have been preserved. In the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and the Huguenot Wars (1562-1598) it was partially destroyed, but after 1685 it was completely restored. It came to an end in the French Revolution and, although largely still in good condition towards the end of the 19th century, was demolished in the 20th century (the last remains of the church in 1908, the convent building in 1933). Archaeological investigations have been carried out since around 1880.
Buildings and plant
The approximately 65 m long and 25 m wide, flat, closed, cross-shaped monastery church, which was consecrated in 1156 and renovated from 1249 to 1277 and re-consecrated in 1685, was located in the north of the complex; the convent buildings were south of it. Four approaches of rib vaults are preserved in the wall of a stable building that is said to have once served as a chapel .
Others
- The grave of Marie d'Anjou lies in the floor of the former church, which no longer exists . He was the widow of King Charles VII and mother of King Louis XI who died in the monastery on his return from a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1463 .
- One of the bells of the abbey is in the church of Sainte-Néomaye .
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. 394-395.