Cistercian Abbey of Fabas
The Cistercian Abbey Fabas (also: Fava and Favars ) was from the 12th century to 1791, a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Fabas , Haute-Garonne region Occitania in France .
history
Before 1150, the Lords of Benque in the Comminges province founded the Lumière-Dieu nunnery (also: Lum-Dieu = God's light) in the valley of the Touch River near Fabas, 40 kilometers southwest of Toulouse . Nuns from Fabas founded the Cistercian abbey Tulebras in Spain in 1147 , the first Cistercian convent outside France. In France they founded the Abbey Goujon (also: Goion ) in Auradé, Département Gers , in 1167 the Abbey Oraison-Dieu in Saint-Hilaire, Département Haute-Garonne , later Muret and in 1353 the Salenques Abbey in Les Bordes-sur-Arize, Ariège department . In the 17th century they also settled the Saint-Sigismond Abbey in Orthez . In 1791 the abbey was dissolved by the French Revolution .
The mystical shepherdess Anglese de Sagazan (* about 1503, † 1588), 1515 to the Shrine of Notre-Dame-de-Garaison (at Monléon-Magnoac, Hautes-Pyrenees department ) the Virgin Mary had appeared, entered in 1543 into the monastery Fabas and lived there until her death.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 218.
- Eugène Sol: La Lumière-Dieu. In: Revue de Comminges , 1941, pp. 159-183.
Web links
- Mention of “Fabas” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- Newspaper article about Fabas Monastery, French
- Archive information on Fabas Monastery, French
- Article on Goujon Abbey, French
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′ 50.6 " N , 0 ° 52 ′ 41.3" E