Cistercian Abbey of L'Éclache
The Cistercian Abbey L'Éclache (also: L'Esclache ) was a French monastery of the Cistercian women from 1159 to 1790 . It was located first in Prondines , later (from 1647) in Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department .
history
The hamlet name L'Éclache (20 km north of La Bourboule in the area of today's municipality of Prondines, canton Saint-Ours ) and a restored chapel there from the 17th century are reminiscent of the Cistercian convent L'Éclache (Latin: Esclachia, Escleasia, Esclacia or Escalaria , cf. Latin scala , French: échelle and escalier "ladder", "heavenly ladder"), which was donated by an unknown hand in 1159 (in the filiation of Tart Abbey ). Historically, it is best known for its founding Bussières , which sparked a dispute with the Noirlac Monastery . In 1637, 1647 or 1664 the convent moved to the city of Clermont (in the former rue de l'Esclache , now rue Bardoux ) for greater security . In 1790 the monastery was dissolved by the French Revolution .
buildings
Only a few remains of the two branches of the monastery have survived.
literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1066.
- Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclésiastiques . Vol. 15, columns 858-861.
- Alexis Grélois: Abbé-père et abbesse-mère. Noirlac, l'Éclache et leur fondation de Bussière (verse 1188–1238) . In: Cîteaux (Commentarii cistercienses) 62, 2011, pp. 141–186.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 55.
Web links
- Literature by and about the Cistercian Abbey L'Éclache in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Mention of "Esclache" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- “Esclache, l '” entry on the Certosa di Firenze website
- Side of the monastery in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Note from the French National Library on the monastery
- Newspaper article about the restoration of the chapel in Prondines, French