Santo Stefano al Corno monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Santo Stefano al Corno | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion Lombardy Province Lodi |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
609 |
| Patronage | St. Stephen |
| founding year | 1099/1109 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | 1231 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1797 |
| Mother monastery | Cerreto Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Santo Stefano al Corno Monastery was a Cistercian monk abbey in Lombardy , Italy . The name Corno refers to one of the loops of the Po river. It was on the left bank of the Po River between the towns of Corno Giovine and Santo Stefano Lodigiano , about ten kilometers south of Codogno , in the south of what is now the province of Lodi .
history
The Benedictine monastery , founded in 1099 (according to others in 1109) by Countess Ansalda von Ghisalba and her sons and now abandoned , was founded in 1231 by Pope Gregory IX. transferred to the Cistercians and repopulated in the same year by a convent sent from the Cerreto monastery . So it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The church and monastery were soon destroyed by the river Po being flooded. This was followed by a move to today's Santo Stefano Lodigiano. But this monastery was also badly damaged by a flood in 1481. That in the meantime Coming fallen monastery was under the commendatory rebuilt Bonifacio Simonetta. In 1497 the monastery joined the Italian Cistercian Congregation. Among the commendatory also belonged to Charles Borromeo . However, the coming led to the economic decline of the abbey. In 1777 the Cistercians left the monastery and in 1797 its goods were confiscated.
Plant and buildings
A small chapel and the cloister still stand from the monastery.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini, Breve prospetto delle Abazie Cistercensi d'Italia , oO. (Casamari), 1964, pp. 129-130, without ISBN.