Lutgarde Menétrey
Lutgarde Menétrey , née Alphonsine Menétrey (born January 23, 1845 in Villaraboud , † October 19, 1919 in Romont FR ) was a Swiss Cistercian , Trappist and abbess .
Live and act
Alphonsine Menétrey grew up in a mill in what is now Villaraboud (then the municipality of Chavannes-les-Forts ) in what is now the large municipality of Siviriez in the canton of Friborg . She compensated for the loss of her mother at the age of 15 by borrowing from her godmother, the blessed mystic Marguerite Bays .
In 1865 she entered the nearby Abbey of La Fille-Dieu , was dressed as a Cistercian in 1866, made profession in 1867 and took the religious name Lutgarde (after Lutgard von Tongern ). As the successor to Caroline Perrier, she was ordained abbess in 1883 by Cardinal Gaspard Mermillod (Bishop of Lausanne ). The main aim of her 37-year term of office was to join the monastery with the Trappists ( Cistercian order of strict observance), which was officially achieved on April 3, 1906.
literature
- Robert Loup (1902–1955): Une grande abbesse de l'ordre de Cîteaux. Mère Lutgarde Menétrey, 1845-1919 . Editions de l'Imprimerie St-Paul, Freiburg im Üechtland 1942. 280 pages.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menétrey, Lutgarde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menétrey, Alphonsine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Cistercian, Trappist and abbess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villaraboud |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1919 |
| Place of death | Romont FR |