Vignogoul Monastery
The Vignogoul monastery (also: Le Vignogoul ) was a French monastery of the Cistercians from 1178 to 1791 and later for a time the Dominican Sisters , Carmelites and Franciscan Sisters in Pignan , Département Hérault .
history
In 1178, the Benedictine monastery of Notre-Dame de Bon Lieu , which already existed on site and was subordinate to the Bishop of Maguelone , became part of the Cistercian order and was subordinate to the neighboring Abbey of Valmagne . Thanks to the significant development work of the prioress Elisabeth d'Alignan (1243–1256), a sister of Bishop Benoît d'Alignan , the monastery was elevated to an abbey . From 1437 to 1446, the convent, decimated by the plague and war, was incorporated into the Dominican convent in Montpellier by Pope Eugene IV , but was then able to return. In 1683, the monastery finally moved to Montpellier, entered a phase of bourgeoisie and in 1791, when it was closed by the French Revolution , only four members remained. The monastery complex Le Vignogoul in Pignan was repopulated in 1898 by Dominicans from the Prouille monastery , who had to give way to the hostile Third Republic in 1901 . After a restoration by abbé Charles Prévost (1870–1947), the Carmelites of Montpellier repopulated from 1919 to 1927, before the Franciscan Sisters of Lenne founded by Euphrasie Delhon (1887–1971) established a children's home there in 1933, which is still in existence today.
literature
- Wolf-Heinrich Kulke: Cistercian architecture of the 13th century in southern France. The women's convents of Saint-Pons and Vignogoul between religious tradition and the representation of founders. Munich [u. a.]: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006.
- Jean Secondy: L'abbaye du Vignogoul. Nîmes, Lacour, 1995.
- Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France. Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 255.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 185–186.
- Cistercian Sites in Europe. Charte Européenne des Abbayes et Sites Cisterciens 2012, p. 90.
Web links
- Page “le Vignogoul” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, with bibliography and pictures
- Website of today's monastery complex, French
- Entry in the Base Mérimée, French
- French essay by Louis Secondy: Les religieuses au Vignogoul entre 1150 et 1975
Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′ 7 " N , 3 ° 45 ′ 45" E