Cistercian Abbey of La Séauve-Bénite
The Cistercian Abbey of La Séauve-Bénite (also: Sauve-Benoîte ) was a French monastery of the Cistercian women in La Séauve-sur-Semène , a municipality in the Haute-Loire department , from 1226 to 1792 .
history
Founded in 1226 by Count Guigues IV on the banks of the Semène and settled by Bellecombe Monastery , the monastery was called in Latin Silva Benedicta , "Blessed Forest", which in French (and Occitan) led to numerous name variants: La Selve, La Salva, La Saulve , Lassova, La Seaulve, La Siauve, La Séauve Benite, La Seuve Benoiste, La Serve Benoiste, La Scaune, Sainte Benoîte . In 1765 the abbey took in the remaining nuns of the Clavas monastery and called itself La Séauve-Clavas until it was dissolved by the French Revolution . Until 1925, the surrounding community was called Saint-Didier-la-Séauve . This gave rise to the two municipalities of Saint-Didier-en-Velay and La Séauve-sur-Semène, the current location of the former monastery.
A stately building from the 18th century (on the "Abbey Square", Place de l'Abbaye ), which is now used as a residential and administrative building, has been a listed building since 1993. The “Circuit des dames de la Séauve-Bénite (PR 284)” is named after the monastery. For a long time the nun Marguerite Langlois (* in the 12th century) was venerated as a saint in the vicinity of the monastery. The Sainte-Marguerite street in La Séauve-sur-Semène is still named after her today.
literature
- Jean Theillière (1818–1902): Notes historiques sur les monastères de La Séauve, Bellecombe, Clavas et Montfaucon de l'Ordre de Cîteaux . 4 vols. J.-M. Freydier, Saint-Etienne 1872–1880.
- Monastère de La Séauve-Bénite (1872) 157 pages.
- Jean Theillière: Documents pour servir à la biographie de la bienheureuse Marguerite de la Séauve . M.-P. Marchessou, Le Puy 1871. 103 pages.
- Pierre Cubizolles: Le diocèse du Puy-en-Velay des origines à nos jours. Editions Créer, Nonette 2005, pp. 128-131.
- Philippe Peyron: «L'abbaye de cisterciennes de La Seauve-Bénite en Velay. Quelques points d'histoire et reconstitution architecturale ». In: Cahiers de la Haute-Loire , 1998, pp. 155-198.
- Jean-de-la-Croix Bouton: "L'abbaye de La Séauve-Bénite en Velay et la bienheureuse Marguerite". In: Cahiers de la Haute-Loire , 2000, pp. 101-116.
- Charles Besson: "Moniales cisterciennes en Gévaudan et en Velay, abbayes de Mercoire, Bellecombe and La Séauve-Bénite". In: Cahiers de la Haute-Loire 2003.
- Emma Bouvard and Isabelle Pignot: «L'hydraulique cistercienne. Aménagements et usages dans le Massif central ». In: Au fil de l'eau. Ressources, risques et gestion du Néolithique à nos jours , ed. by Patrick Fournier and Christèle Ballut. Maison des sciences de l'homme, Clermont-Ferrand 2013.
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 2988.
- Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 84.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 53.
Web links
- Cistercian Abbey of La Séauve-Bénite in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Mention of "Séauve-Bénite, la" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- "Séauve-Benite, la" entry on the Certosa di Firenze website, with localization
- Page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- City side to the monastery, French, illustrated
- Urban page with name variants and picture
- Municipal website for Marguerite Langlois
- Site of the French National Library
Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′ 38.3 " N , 4 ° 14 ′ 57.8" E