Cistercian Abbey of Goujon

The Cistercian Abbey of Goujon (also: Goion ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women in Auradé , Département Gers , Occitanie region , in France from 1165 to 1454 .

history

The former Premonstratensian Abbey Case-Dieu (Latin: Casa Dei ), founded in 1135 in Beaumarchés (17 kilometers northeast of Maubourguet ), founded a subsidiary monastery in Auradé (8 kilometers south of L'Isle-Jourdain ), not far from the source of the Aussonnelle in the forest of Goujon , before 1150 . In 1165 the Premonstratensians left the place that was settled by the Cistercian Abbey of Fabas . In 1454 Goujon monastery was abandoned. The property went to Gimont Monastery (also: Planselve ). The remaining nuns withdrew to the Bastide Saint-Sauvy (northwest of Gimont ) founded by the monastery .

literature

• Victor Fons (1801-1882): L'Abbaye de Goujon . In: Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Midi de la France 1853-1860, pp. 335-341.
• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 222.
• Eugène Sol (1877–1953): La Lumière-Dieu . In: Revue de Comminges 1941, pp. 159-183.

Web links

• Mention of “Goion” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
• Paul Gabent, “Goujon. Abbaye et Paroisse (1) ". In: Revue de Gascogne 36, 1895, pp. 497-506, French

Coordinates: 43 ° 32 '21.4 "  N , 1 ° 5' 59.2"  E