Perseigne Monastery
| Perseigne Monastery | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Franceregion Pays de la Loire Sarthe department |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 23 '26 " N , 0 ° 15' 44" E |
| founding year | 12th Century |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Citeaux monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Cistercian monastery Perseigne is located in the far north of the Sarthe department on the edge of the Forêt de Perseigne and the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park , just a few kilometers from Alençon . Geographically, the ruins of the abbey today belong to the municipality of Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois .
It was founded from Cîteaux in the middle of the 12th century . Wilhelm III had the site . Talvas , Count of Alençon , made available. The monastery was closed in 1791. Today only a few of the walls remain.
Personalities
- Helene von Burgund, daughter of Odo I , Duke of Burgundy , † 1141 in Perseigne
- Thomas von Perseigne , † around 1190, commentator on the Song of Songs
- Adam of Perseigne , † 1221, Abbot of Perseigne
- Hélinand von Perseigne, commentator on the Apocalypse , often confused or identified with Hélinand von Froidmont († after 1229)
- Charles de Bourbon (1523–1590) Abbot of Perseigne, cardinal 1548, Archbishop of Rouen in 1550
Web links
- Website on the history of the abbey (French)
- Abbey website (French)