Cistercian Abbey of Epinlieu

The Cistercian Abbey Epinlieu was 1216-1796 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Mons , province of Hainaut in Belgium .

history

Blessed Beatrix von Lens founded the Epinlieu monastery ("place of thorns", based on a relic from Christ's crown of thorns ) in Ghlin at the gates of Mons on the Haine river in 1216 . In 1677 the monastery buildings were abandoned due to military reasons and turned into a fort. The nuns settled in the town of Mons (on rue des Cinq Visages , now a music school). In the course of the advance of the French Revolution , the monastery was closed in 1796.

literature

• Monasticon Belge . I, 2. Liege 1964, col. 364-371.
• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 391.

Web links

• Mention of "Epinlieu" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
• Page to the abbey, French, illustrated
• Note on the abbey history, French
• Brief history of the monastery, French
• Archive page Epinlieu
• Basic data on Epinlieu

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '7.9 "  N , 3 ° 56" 46.8 "  E