Cistercian Abbey of Gomerfontaine

The Cistercian Abbey Gomerfontaine was from 1207 to 1792, a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Trie-la-Ville , Oise , in France .

history

The Gomerfontaine monastery was founded on the banks of the Troësne in 1207 and made an abbey in 1220 (the church was consecrated in 1266). In the first half of the 17th century, the abbesses Madeleine de Médavy and Marguerite de Médavy reformed the monastery. The latter created a refuge in Paris ( Faubourg Saint-Germain ). When Jean-Jacques Rousseau stayed in the castle of Trie-Château from June 21, 1767 to June 12, 1768 , he was in contact with the abbess Anne-Jeanne du Pouget de Nadaillac, gave her manuscripts and composed a piece of sacred music. After the destruction of the monastery by the French Revolution , some nuns were able to keep the tradition and, via various intermediate stations, the continuation of Gomerfontaine in the Trappist Abbey of Chimay and in their daughters and granddaughters.

literature

• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 159, 299-300.

Web links

• Mention of "Gomerfontaine" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
• Mention of Gomerfontaine on the Trappist homepage
• Page to the Gomerfontaine Monastery of the French National Library
• Article on the abbey, French
• Report on the visit to the Chimay monastery in Gomerfontaine, French
• Historical picture of the abbey
• Remains of the abbey, photos
• Excerpt from the chronological biography of Rousseau, French

Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 39.1 ″  N , 1 ° 51 ′ 0.3 ″  E