St-Réol

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The Church of St-Réol.

The Roman Catholic Church of St-Réol in Ambonnay , a French municipality in the Marne department , is dedicated to Saint Réol and has been a listed monument since 1922 .

history

The Villa Ambonnay was first mentioned in 1020 in the Cartulaire de la Trinité de Châlons . In 1179 Thibaut de Rivelart sold the lordly Ambonnay area to the chapter of the Cathedral of Châlons-en-Champagne , who together with the St-Denis Abbey owned the area until the French Revolution . The Abbey of St-Denis received the right of patronage through the amalgamation of the parishes of Isse and Ambonnay.

The church was formerly dedicated to St. Remigius . Later the church was dedicated to St. Dedicated to Réol de Reims because relics of the saint were confirmed there in 1672. A rib of Saint Réol was given by the monks of the Hautvillers Abbey to the parish of Ambonnay, which celebrated the translation of the relic every year on June 30th . Saint Réol was celebrated there on November 25th as well as in the Orbais Monastery , which was founded by Réol.

The Romanesque church from the 12th century was placed under monument protection on February 7, 1922 as a classified Monument historique .

architecture

The Romanesque nave was formerly covered by a timbered vault from the second half of the 12th century. The original bell tower is still today next to the choir.

The choir window, made by Jean Mauret in the third quarter of the 20th century , represents a vineyard.

literature

  • Reine Renoux: Ambonnay, église Saint-Réol . In: Dictionnaire des églises de France . VB: Champagne, Flandre, Artois, Picardy . Editions Robert Laffont, Paris 1969, p. 5-6 (French).
  • Maylis Baylé: Ambonnay: église Saint-Réol . In: Congrès archéologique de France. 135 e session. Champagne. 1977 . Société française d'archéologie, Paris 1980, p. 456-471 (French).
  • Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Le guide du patrimoine Champagne Ardenne . Hachette, Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-01-020987-1 , pp. 91 (French).

Web links

Commons : St-Réol (Ambonnay)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baylé, p. 146
  2. ^ Nicolas Du Bout: Histoire de l'abbaye d'Orbais . A. Picard, Paris 1890, p. 63 (French, bnf.fr [accessed May 18, 2019]).
  3. ↑ entry no. PA00078565 in the Base Mérimée (French) of the French Ministry of Culture.
  4. ↑ Ambonnay, église Saint-Réol - Verrière: Vigne (chœur). In: vitraux-xxe-siecle-champagne-ardenne.culture.fr. Retrieved April 8, 2020 (French).

Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 33.9 "  N , 4 ° 10 ′ 28.5"  E