Trappist Monastery of Benaguacil
The Trappistinnenkloster Benaguacil is since 1965 Spanish monastery of Trappist nuns in Benaguacil in the province of Valencia .
history
The in since 1265 Valencia existing (of monastery Vallbona founded) Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Gratia Dei (also: La Zaidía or: La Zaydía ) was in 1954 Cistercian Order incorporating the Strict Observance (Trappist). The settlement, which had always been plagued by floods, was given up (after another flood in 1957) and moved to a newly built monastery in Benaguacil (25 kilometers northwest of Valencia) in 1965.
Superiors and Abbesses
- Margarita Antich Gran (1954-1958)
- Celina Noguerra (1959-1965)
- Gema Frasquet Serra (19651-967)
- Perpetuo Socorro Abeledo (1967–1972)
- Visitacion Sanz Gil (1972–1981)
- Inmaculada Gonzalez (1981-2002)
- Maria Pilar Pisonero Pascual (2002-2004)
- Maria Encarnación Lluch Mendieta (2004–)
Foundations
- 1927–1999 Cistercian monastery Fons Salutis in Algemesí, Valencia province
literature
- Bernard Peugniez , Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne , Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2012, pp. 862 and 863.
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Coordinates: 39 ° 34 ′ 26.2 " N , 0 ° 35 ′ 52.1" W.