Cistercian abbey L'Eule
The Cistercian abbey L'Eule (also: L'Eula or Leula ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women from 1174 to 1791 , first in Le Soler , from 1365 in Perpignan , a town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France .
history
Before 1174, the Cistercian Abbey of Fontfroide founded the women's monastery, L'Eule, west of Perpignan (after Saint Eulalia of Mérida, venerated in Spain and Perpignan ) to receive members of the monks' families . In 1365 the monastery moved to the city of Perpignan for greater security and existed there until it was dissolved by the French Revolution in 1791. In L'Eule (Le Soler), which was temporarily inhabited by the Santes Creus monastery in the 16th century , still stands on the grounds of the Mas de l'Eula estate, the church of Sainte-Marie de l'Eula . Furthermore, the field names Terrenys (= terrain) de l'Eula , Font (= source) de l'Eula and Camp (= field) de l'Eula remind of the former monastery. There are no remains in Perpignan.
literature
- Ernesto Zaragoza Pascual: Catàleg dels monestirs catalans . L'Abadia de Montserrat, 1997, p. 91 (with literature).
- Géraldine Mallet, Églises romanes oubliées du Roussillon . Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 2003, p. 143.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 187.
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Card collection . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, p. 83A.
Web links
- Mention of "owl, l '" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Entry “Eule, l '” on the Certosa di Firenze website, with the year of foundation 1275
- Page “L'Eule” in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Website of the current owner, French, with picture
- Private page with historical information about the monastery
- Newspaper article mentioning the monastery, French
- Aymat Catafau: Les celleres et la naissance du village en Roussillon, Perpignan 1998, pp. 609–615
Coordinates: 42 ° 39 '50.9 " N , 2 ° 47' 31.3" E