Laval-Bénite Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian abbey Laval-Bénite (also: Val de Bressieux ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women from 1119 to 1791, first in Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux , and from 1635 in La Côte-Saint-André , Isère , in France.
history
When Amadeus of Lausanne and his companions entered the Bonnevaux monastery, which had just been founded , the Laval-Bénite nunnery in Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux was founded twenty kilometers to the southeast for the female members of the families . Among the abbesses was Beatrix of Hungary, wife of Jean II (Viennois) († 1319). In 1635 the convent was moved to the nearby town of La Côte-Saint-André. In 1791 the French Revolution led to the dissolution of the monastery. To the south of the hamlet of Rossière, the Route de l'Abbaye and the Ruisseau de l'Abbaye stream in Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux , and the Rue Laval in La Côte-Saint-André, are reminiscent of the former monastery.
literature
- Augustin Lagier: Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Laval-Bénite de Bressieux. In: Bulletin d'histoire ecclésiastique et d'archéologie religieuse des diocèses de Valence, Digne, Gap, Grenoble et Viviers. 3, 1882, pp. 233-245, 270-284.
- Marie-Renée Michel: Trois abbayes de cisterciennes en Dauphiné du XIIe siècle à la Révolution. Laval-Bénite, Bonnecombe, les Ayes . Opus, no location, 1988.
Manual literature
- Gallia Christiana , vol. 16, column 212 (Vallis Breyssiaci).
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1572–1573 (Laval-Bénite or Val de Bressieux).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 346 (Laval-Bénite or Val de Bressieux).
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Card collection . Lukas Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 73 B (Bressieux St. Pierre).
Web links
- "Laval-Bénite" page in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- “Laval-Bénite” entry on the Certosa di Firenze website
- Page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Historical information about the monastery, French
Coordinates: 45 ° 18 ′ 1.9 ″ N , 5 ° 17 ′ 41.4 ″ E