Trappist Abbey Désert
The Trappist Abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Désert (Latin Abbatia Sanctae Mariae de Deserto ) is a French monastery in Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie near Lévignac , Haute-Garonne department , Archdiocese of Toulouse .
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history
Aiguebelle Monastery founded the Sainte-Marie-du-Désert ("Maria Einsiedeln") monastery in 1852 northwest of Toulouse near Lévignac , which was elevated to a priory in 1855 and an abbey in 1861 . Abbot André Malet and Blessed Marie-Joseph Cassant were among the monks' important monks .
In 2020 the monks announced that they could no longer hold the place and wanted to leave it in September.
Superiors, priors and abbots
- Bernard Raymond (1852-1853)
- Marcel Blachère (1853–1861)
- Marie Daverat (1861–1867)
- Etienne Salasc (1867–1881, then abbot of La Trappe monastery )
- Candide Albalat y Puigcerver (1881–1911, founder of Spanish monasteries)
- André Malet (1911-1936)
- Joseph-Marie Vilanove (1936–1948)
- Jean de la Croix Przyluski (1948–1964)
- Adolphe Linet (1964–1966)
- Alexandre Decabooter (1966–1986)
- Jean-Marie Couvreur (1986-2013)
- Pierre-André Burton (* 1963) (2013–)
Foundations
- 1876–1918: Resettlement of Igny Monastery
- 1890: Trappist Abbey of San Isidro de Dueñas (Spain)
- 1908: Santa María de Viaceli Abbey (Spain)
literature
- Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France , Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 319.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne , Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 216–217.
Web links
- Website of the abbey with a detailed history of the monastery, in French
- Page of the abbey in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensia
- Page of the abbey on the Trappist homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entre nous. Les nouvelles du Village de François . Newsletter No 2 - May / September 2020
Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ 35.3 " N , 1 ° 6 ′ 56.8" E