Mont des Cats monastery
| Mont des Cats Trappist Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Monastery building and church |
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| location |
France Northern department |
| Lies in the diocese | Archdiocese of Lille |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 47 '5 " N , 2 ° 39' 55" E |
| founding year | 1826 (priory) 1847 (abbey) |
| Mother monastery | Le Gard Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Congregation | (Trappists) |
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Daughter monasteries |
1831: Saint Sixtus Abbey |
Mont des Cats Monastery (Latin: Abbatia Sancta Maria de Monte ; Dutch: Abdij op de Katsberg ; French: Abbaye Saint-Marie-du-Mont ) is a Trappist abbey in the town of Godewaersvelde in French Flanders , France .
history
After the Antoniter order (including the mystic Charles Grimminck, 1676–1729) was based on the Katzberg near Godewaersvelde (near the Belgian border) from 1650 to 1792 , Trappist monks from the Le Gard monastery founded the Sainte Marie du Mont monastery there in 1826 , which in 1847 was elevated to the rank of abbey ( Abbaye du Mont des Cats ). A cheese made by the monks under the name of Mont des Cats has been associated with the abbey since 1890 . A Trappist beer produced in Scourmont Abbey has been sold under the same name since 2011 .
During the First World War , the monastery was in a contested zone and served as a hospital. The seriously wounded Prince Maximilian von Hessen-Kassel (* 1894), a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II , died here on October 12, 1914 in the abbot's arms. The monastery was bombed from April to August 1918.
Foundations
The following foundations originated from the Mont des Cats monastery:
- Abbey of Saint Sixtus Westvleteren in Vleteren 1831
- Trappist Abbey Tilburg 1880, Priory 1883, Abbey 1891
- Trappist Frattocchie Abbey in Marino (Latium) , 1891 Catacomb of Calixtus in Rome, 1829 Frattocchie
- Maromby Monastery , Madagascar , 1958
Mont des Cats was also involved in the founding of the Trappist women :
- Belval, in Troisvaux, Department Pas-de-Calais 1893–2008 (Peugniez, page 242)
- Fille-Dieu, in Romont FR 1929 ( http://www.fille-dieu.ch/ )
Priors and abbots
- Marie-Joseph Matton, Prior (1826–1827)
- Bernard Dal, Prior (1827-1827)
- François-Marie Van Langendonck , Prior (1827–1831)
- Nil van Hoeke, Prior (1831-1835)
- Désiré de Ren, Prior (1835–1836)
- Augustin Moreau, Prior (1836-1838)
- Athanase Itsweire, Prior (1839–1847)
- Dominique Lacaes, first abbot (1847-1883)
- Sébastien Wyart , second abbot (1883–1889)
- Jérôme Parent, third abbot (1889–1906)
- Bernard Richebé, fourth abbot (1906-1919)
- Sébastien Vandermarlière, fifth abbot (1919–1940)
- Achille Nivesse, Prior (1940–1945) and sixth abbot (1945–1962)
- André Louf , seventh abbot (1963–1997)
- Guillaume Jedrzejczak, eighth abbot (1997-2009)
- Jacques Delesalle, ninth abbot (prior from 2009, abbot from 2011)
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012.
Individual evidence
Web links
- http://www.abbaye-montdescats.fr/ (website of the abbey, French)
- http://www.cistopedia.org/index.php?id=10787 (entry of the Cistercian order)