Valbenoîte monastery
| Valbenoîte Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 former Abbey Church Valbenoîte |
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| location | France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Loire department |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 25 '19 " N , 4 ° 23' 56" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
468 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1184 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Bonnevaux Monastery (Dauphiné) |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Valbenoîte (Vallis Benedicta) monastery is a former Cistercian abbey in France . It is located in what is now the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , near the Furan river.
history
The monastery was probably founded in 1184 by Gui (Guido) II, the Count of Forez, as the seventh (and penultimate) daughter monastery of Bonnevaux monastery in the Dauphiné (in today's Isère department ), the sixth daughter monastery of Cîteaux monastery , on a moorland site that first had to be renovated. The name of the city of Saint-Étienne is first mentioned around the same time. The monastery owned the Grangie de l'Oeuvre in its vicinity, the Grangie von Graix in Mont Pilat, and the Grangien von Pleiney and Verney. In 1359 the four monks living in the monastery had to flee from the English and the Navarre and could only return 15 years later. In 1380 the monastery was rebuilt as a fortified abbey. In 1570 the Protestants under Coligny plundered the monastery, which had fallen in the 16th century in Kommende . The monks are said to have been massacred and the church demolished. It was rebuilt until the 17th century, and the grand staircase dates from this time. In 1779 the monastery burned down. The dissolution of the monastery in the French Revolution in 1790 drove out the 14 (according to other sources 4) monks still living in the monastery. The church became a parish church, a Marist boarding school was set up in the monastery , which is now called the Institut N.-D. de Valbenoîte will be continued.
Buildings and plant
The choir and apse from the end of the 12th century and the naves from the 13th century still stand from the church, which was begun in 1222. The facade and the first nave yoke date from the 19th century. What else is still there, probably dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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. 450.