Pontron Monastery
| Pontron Cistercian Abbey | |
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| location |
 Franceregion Pays de la Loire Maine-et-Loire department |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
76 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1134 |
| Mother monastery | Le Loroux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
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The Pontron Monastery (Pons Octranni; Pontrond; Notre-Dame de Pontron) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Le Louroux-Béconnais in the Maine-et-Loire department , Pays de la Loire , in France , around 27 kilometers west of Angers .
history
The monastery was founded on the site of a hermitage in 1134 as the daughter of Le Loroux monastery and thus belonged to the filiation of Cîteaux monastery . In 1145 he founded the Melleray Monastery . The monastery suffered damage during the Hundred Years War . Otherwise little is known about the fortunes of the "rather poor" monastery. It was disbanded in 1791 during the French Revolution . The monastery was demolished in 1852 on the orders of General de Lamoricière . The choir stalls were placed in the Blou Church.
Buildings and plant
Apart from a fountain in the cloister and two farm buildings from the 16th century (probably once a stables and residential buildings) nothing has survived from the monastery .
literature
- Michel Pecha: Origines d'une abbaye cistercienne: Notre-Dame de Pontron. In: Archives d'Anjou. Vol. 6, 2002, ISSN 1283-6419 , pp. 5-28.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 347.