Trappist Abbey of Naší Paní nad Vltavou
The Trappist Abbey of Naší Paní nad Vltavou ( Our Lady of the Vltava ) is the only Trappist monastery in the Czech Republic . It is located in the Poličany part of Křečovice ( Okres Benešov ) on a hill above a bend in the Vltava river .
history
In 2007 nine Cistercian women from the strict observance (Trappist women ) of the Vitorchiano Abbey founded the Naší Paní nad Vltavou priory . They accepted an invitation from the Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk .
In 2008, Nuncio Diego Causero laid the foundation stone for the monastery church. In 2012 she was Cardinal Vlk ordained . In 2018 the priory was elevated to an abbey .
Abbesses
- Lucia Tartara (since 2018, previously prioress)
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 1075.
Web links
- Website of Naší Paní nad Vltavou Abbey (English)
- Trapistický Klášter Naší Paní nad Vltavou v Poličanech u Křečovic (Czech)
- Page Nasi Pani in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
Footnotes
- ↑ Trapistický Klášter Naší Paní nad Vltavou (Italian), accessed on 27 August 2018th
- ↑ Naší Paní (English), accessed on August 27, 2018.
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 14 ° 25 ′ 26.3 ″ E