Fontgombault Abbey

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Fontgombault Abbey
Abbey church

The Abbey Fontgombault is a French Benedictine Monastery in Fontgombault , Indre , Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges . It is attributed to Catholic traditionalism . The medieval monastery , founded in 1091, existed until the French Reformation Wars . From 1741 to 1791 the complex was in the possession of the Lazarists , was inhabited by Trappists from 1849 to 1905 and since 1948 it has belonged again to the Benedictine order. The church and parts of the abbey buildings were classified as Monument historique in 1862 and 1934, respectively .

history

According to the Chronicle of Maillezais (also: Chronique de Saint-Maixent ) founded in 1091 Petrus a Stella (French for "the star": Pierre de l'Étoile , † 1114), a companion of St. Bernard of Tiron , on the banks of the Creuse , the Fons Gombaldi monastery ("source of Gombaldus"), after a community of hermits (including Gombaldus and Petrus a Stella) had lived in the river caves since 1079. In 1569 the monastery was devastated by Calvinists . Repopulated at the end of the 17th century, there were only five monks left in 1741, and Fontgombault was left to the Lazarists. After the dissolution during the French Revolution , the monastery was repopulated in 1849 by Trappists from the Bellefontaine monastery and the Melleray monastery . In 1905 the monks were again expelled as a result of the religious laws of the Third Republic . In 1948, the Benedictines of Solesmes sent monks to Fontgombault to re-establish their communities, whose community still exists today. The monastery belongs to the Congregation of Solesmes and is looked after by the traditionalist association Association Petrus a Stella . Along with Le Barroux, Fontgombault is one of the best-known ancient ritualistic monasteries in France, closely linked to the French traditionalist milieu.

Foundings and mailings

Abbots

  • 1953–1962: Édouard Roux
  • 1962-1977: Jean Roy
  • 1977–2011: Antoine Forgeot (1933–2020)
  • since 2011: Jean Pateau (* 1966)

The church building

The church facade, the transept and the choir date from the 12th century and are praised by Peugniez for the purity of the Romanesque lines. He calls the choir in particular “majestic”. The capitals are of great delicacy.

literature

Manual literature

  • Gallia Christiana , Vol. 2, Column 168–169 (with list of abbots)
  • Leopold Janauschek : Originum Cisterciensium Tomus Primus . Vienna 1877, S. LXXV sv Fons-Gombaldi.
  • Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés. Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Columns 1189-1190.
  • Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 160.
  • Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 106.

Web links

Commons : Fontgombault Abbey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fontgombault Abbey in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ^ Regina Einig: Off for a bearer of hope. In: Die Tagespost , January 24, 2018, accessed on August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Traditionalists arrested on suspicion of abuse. In: Katholisch.de , January 17, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Hans Jakob Bürger: "Abbot Antoine Forgeot of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault is dead" on catholicnewsagency.com from August 16, 2020

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 36.2 ″  N , 0 ° 58 ′ 44 ″  E