Paraclet Monastery
| Paraclet Cistercian Convent | |
|---|---|
| location |
 France Somme department |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 48 '36 " N , 2 ° 23' 0" E |
| founding year | 1218 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
Monastery Paraclet ( Abbaye du Paraclet des Champs ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Cottenchy in the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France in France .
history
The monastery was founded in 1218 on the site of the Hermitage of Saint Ulphe (711-789) by Enguerrand II. De Boves. Enguerrand and his wife Ade de Nesle were buried in the monastery. The first abbesses were her daughters Marguerite and Isabelle. In the 16th century, the nuns fled to Amiens from the invasion of Spanish troops . The abbey was suppressed in 1790.
Construction and plant
Only one residential building from the 18th century (the former abbess's house) has survived from the abbey. There are also various goldsmiths that are preserved in the treasure of Amiens Cathedral , namely the cross of Paraclet from the beginning of the 13th century, which is considered one of the main items of the cathedral treasure , a reliquary in gilded silver from the beginning of the 14th century and a Reliquary from the 14th century.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier Cistercien , Éd. Gaud, Moisenay, p. 385, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 .