Trappist Abbey of Soleilmont
The Trappistinnenabtei Soleilmont is since the 12th century Benedictine monastery since the 13th century Cistercian monastery , and in 1922 a Belgian monastery of Trappist nuns in Fleurus , north-east of Charleroi , diocese of Tournai .
history
The beginnings of the Soleilmont nunnery ("Sonneberg") go back to the 12th century. In 1237 it was incorporated into the Cistercian Order and placed under the supervision of the Aulne Cistercian Abbey . In 1246 the Moulins Monastery near Namur (Peugniez p. 406) was founded from here (dissolved in 1414). From 1797 to 1802 the nuns lived in exile in Farciennes . From 1805 the monastery was run as a priory . In 1922 it joined the Trappist Order and was elevated to an abbey in 1927 . In 1963 the old monastery burned down and had to be rebuilt in the vicinity of the ruins (inaugurated in 1973).
Prioresses and Abbesses since 1858
- Xavier Glaesener (1858-1894)
- Alphonse Xauflaire (1894–1902)
- Bernard Richir (1902-1909)
- Xavier Mathieu (1909-1918)
- Marie Clément (1918-1921)
- Ignace Vermeylen (1921-1927)
- Gabrielle André (1927–1936, 1939–1945)
- Scholastique Dal (1936–1939)
- Agnès Swevers (1945–1950)
- Thérèse Devos (1950–1989)
- Paul Smets (1989-2003)
- Dominique Graulich (2003-2015)
Foundations
- 1950: Trappist Abbey Nazareth (Brecht, Belgium)
- 1995: Trappist convent Kunnambetta (Ananda Matha Ashram / Makkiyad, then Kunnambetta, India)
literature
- Joseph-Marie Canivez , L'Ordre de Citeaux en Belgique. Aperçu d'histoire monastique , Abbaye de Scourmont, Forges-lez-Chimay 1926.
- Bernard Peugniez , Le Guide Routier Cistercienne de l'Europe . Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 393–394.
Web links
- Website of the abbey, French
- Site of the Soleilmont Abbey of the Belgian Trappists, German
- Page Soleilmont in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Soleilmont page on the Trappist homepage, French
- Page Kunnambetta on the Trappist homepage, French
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 42 " N , 4 ° 30 ′ 17.9" E