Argensolles Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian Abbey Argentinas Solles was 1221-1790 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Moslins , a municipality in the department of Marne in France .
history
By converting an estate of the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers donated Blanche of Navarre in 1221 south of Epernay in the Bois d'Argentiere Solles (at Ruisseau d'Argentiere Solles) the convent of Notre-Dame d'Arge Solles (also: Argentina Selles , Latin Argensolium, Argensolae or Argentea Cella " Silver Cell ”), which was settled by sisters from the Cistercian Abbey of Val-Notre-Dame . The first abbess was the blessed Ida von Argensolles (also: Ida von Lüttich, † 1226). In 1274 the monastery housed 90 nuns. The abbey, which was under the Clairvaux monastery, was dissolved and sold in 1790 by the French Revolution . It came to a complete breakdown. Today only the street name "Rue du Couvent d'Argensolle" reminds of the former monastery. Various movable remains can be found in churches in the area, including the grave slab of Blanka in Mancy and that of Abbess Marguerite de Chastelvilain († 1351) in Épernay (Notre-Dame).
literature
- Nicolas Donnet: La fondation de l'abbaye d'Argensolles . In: Cîteaux (Commentarii cistercienses) 10, 1959, pp. 212-218.
- Abbé Kwanten: L'Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Argensolles . In: Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, commerce, sciences et arts du département de la Marne 84, 1969, pp. 75-85.
- Biographical Index of the Middle Ages . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008 (with the year of death of Ida von Argensolles in 1226).
- Etienne Héron de Villefosse (1825–1892): Vie manuscrite de la bienheureuse Ide, première abbesse du monastère d'Argensoles (Marne) . In: Revue de Champagne et de Brie , 1889, pp. 481–498 (with the year of death of Ida von Argensolles in 1226).
Manual literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 144.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 128.
Web links
- Mention of “Argensolles” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- “Argensolles” entry on the Certosa di Firenze website, with localization
- Page Argensolles in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Archive page about the monastery
- Cartographic page of the monastery
- Page of the French National Library to the monastery
- Grave slab from Argensolles
Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '21.9 " N , 3 ° 55' 58.5" E