Reigny monastery
| Reigny Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Convent building |
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| location | France region of Burgundy Yonne department |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 38 '44 " N , 3 ° 43' 38" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
31 |
| founding year | 1128 |
| Cistercian since | July 7, 1128 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery Reigny (Rigniacum) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Vermenton in Yonne region of Burgundy in France . It is located around 27 km southeast of Auxerre on the right bank of the River Cure .
history
The priory founded in Fontemoy (Fons humidus) by Anseric, the Knight of Avallon , and by Gui de Noyers in 1104 grew rapidly and in 1128 joined the Cistercian Order, into which it was accepted as a subsidiary of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The first abbot was Étienne de Toucy, a monk from Clairvaux. In 1134 the monastery was moved to its final location on the right bank of the Cure, made available by Guillaume von Auxerre and Nevers. The monastery, which flourished in the Middle Ages and had up to 300 monks, suffered from the Hundred Years War and the Huguenot Wars . From 1759 to 1765 the monastery church was rebuilt under the direction of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux . When the monastery was dissolved in the French Revolution , it only housed eight monks.
Buildings and plant
The monastery church, chapter house and other buildings were demolished after the monastery was dissolved. The medieval monastery church was a three-aisled complex in the form of a Latin cross with semi-circular closed relay choirs. The six-bay refectory from around 1300 with cross-ribbed vaults was preserved. Its two naves are separated by five pillars. The tracery of the ogival windows is partially decorated with rosettes . The southern part of the monk's wing is also still there. The pigeon house is also still standing. Items of equipment from the church have found their way into surrounding churches.
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. 73-74.
