Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre Monastery

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Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre
location FranceFrance France
region Grand Est
Meuse department
Lies in the diocese Metz
Coordinates: 48 ° 59 '16 "  N , 5 ° 47' 7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 59 '16 "  N , 5 ° 47' 7"  E
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		55
founding year 1128 by Benedictines
Cistercian since 1132
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1791
Mother monastery La Crete Monastery
Primary Abbey Morimond Monastery

Daughter monasteries

Lisle-en-Barrois Monastery

The monastery of Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre (Sanctus Benedictus in Vepria) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of the same name in the municipality of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel in the Meuse department , Grand Est region , in France , around 40 km south-east of Verdun .

history

The monastery was founded in 1128 by Countess Aélis von Marsay and her husband Airard de Rinel as a Benedictine monastery , occupied in 1132 by Cistercians from the mother monastery of La Crête and thus belonged to the filiation of the primary abbey of Morimond . The monastery had the granges Bouzonville in Puxe, Hazavant in Wassecourt, Champ Fontaine, Solry, la Francheville in Lachaussée, Anson Court in Limey Remenauville, Longeau in Hannonville-sous-les-Cotes, Lahaymeix and Montville Tresauvaux, and acquired in 1197 nor the earlier Prämonstratensergrangie Rouville. The coming one was never introduced. The monastery was rebuilt from 1739 to 1754 around 300 meters east of the original site by A. Malbert (convent building) and J. Gautier (church). In 1776 the monastery became insolvent. It was disbanded in 1791 during the French Revolution . The church was demolished in 1794 and the rest of the complex was destroyed in the Second World War in 1940.

Buildings and plant

The old monastery was abandoned from 1740. The two-storey west facade with the monastery coat of arms in the segment gable has been preserved from the main building from the 18th century . The Saint-Étienne church in Saint-Mihiel has the main altar of the monastery from the 16th century. The two side altars have entered the Dampvitroux church.

literature

  • Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 230.
  • Manfred Wundram (Ed.): Reclam's Art Guide France. Volume 3: Peter Volkelt , Horst van Hees: Lorraine, Ardennes, Eastern Champagne. Art monuments and museums (= Reclams Universal Library 10319). Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-15-010319-3 , p. 471.

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