Santa Maria dell'Arco monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria dell'Arco | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion of Sicily Syracuse Free Community Consortium |
| Coordinates: | 36 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
561 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1212 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
before 1789 |
| Mother monastery | Ferraria Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Santa Maria dell'Arco Monastery was a Cistercian abbey in Sicily , Italy . It was about 6 km north of Noto in what is now Syracuse's Free Community Consortium .
history
Isembardo von Morengia, the Count of Noto , left four of his feudal estates to the Cistercians, with the consent of the Archbishop of Syracuse , Adam, and of Emperor Frederick II in 1212, including the Arco estate. The settlement was carried out by a convent sent by the Ferraria Monastery from the affiliation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . Later, the initially prosperous monastery fell into the future . The monastery property was transferred to the newly established diocese of Noto in the 16th century. In 1608 the Cistercians under Abbot Gaspare Mollica had to leave the monastery and retreat to the Grangie S. Teodoro, which was now located within it due to the expansion of the city of Noto. The city of Noto was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt around 12 km further to the southeast. There the monks built a new monastery under the name Santa Maria dell'Arco. The church of the new monastery was built by the architect Rosario Gagliardi . Only sparse ruins have survived of the original monastery, while the surrounding walls of S. Teodoro have been preserved. In the 18th century the number of monks decreased and in 1733 there was only one priory with eight monks and two conversations. In 1789 the monks had completely disappeared. The new monastery was transferred to the Diocese of Noto in the middle of the 19th century and was temporarily the seat of the bishop and the seminary. Today it is used for residential purposes.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini: Breve prospetto delle Abazie Cistercensi d'Italia. Dalla fondazione di Citeaux (1098) alla metà del secolo decimoquarto. sn, sl 1964, pp. 110-111.