Roccadia Monastery
| Roccadia Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion of Sicily Syracuse Free Community Consortium |
| Coordinates: | 37 ° 15 '38 " N , 15 ° 1' 47" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
445 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1176 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
around 1800 |
| Mother monastery | Sambucina Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Roccadia Monastery (Rocca Dei) is a former Cistercian abbey in Sicily , Italy . It was about 5 km from Lentini in the Free Community Consortium of Syracuse .
history
Whether a Benedictine monastery already existed before the Cistercian founding in 1176 is disputed. The Abbot of Kloster Sambucina sent this year a constituent convention according Roccadia that characterized the Filiation the Branch Clairvaux belonged. Emperor Frederick II confirmed the abbey privileges in 1220 and made significant donations. In 1224, probably on the initiative of Frederick II, the monastery was to be relocated to the area of Murgo, where the construction of a church began, which was discontinued when a wall height of 3 m was reached. The monastery also received privileges from Charles I of Anjou . It was destroyed in the middle of the 14th century and then rebuilt. In 1693 it was destroyed again by an earthquake and was abandoned by the monks who had remained under the Coming up until then and who retired to Carlentini . The monastery was closed by the Bourbon government around 1800.
Plant and buildings
The church started in Murgo was 83 m long and 28 m wide.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini: Breve prospetto delle Abazie Cistercensi d'Italia. Dalla fondazione di Citeaux (1098) alla metà del secolo decimoquarto. sn, sl 1964, p. 73.