Cistercian Abbey of Le Sauvoir
The Cistercian Abbey of Le Sauvoir was 1220-1792 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Laon , Aisne , France .
history
The Cistercian Abbey of Montreuil-les-Dames founded a monastery near Laon in 1220 with the support of the Bishop of Laon , Anselme de Mauny, which was officially incorporated into the Cistercian order in 1239 and placed under the supervision of the Foigny Monastery . In 1246, after relocating, it took on the name Notre-Dame du Sauvoir (from Latin salvatorium = French sauvoir = fish pond).
Johanna von Flanders († 1333), daughter of Robert III. von Flanders and since 1288 wife of Enguerrand IV. de Coucy († 1310), entered the monastery after the death of her husband and became abbess. Its magnificent gisant is now in the Saint-Martin church in Laon. When it was finally closed by the French Revolution , the community consisted of 17 nuns. The last abbess was Gabrielle-Louise de Lamire (* 1751). There are no remains of the monastery, but the name of the modern church Notre Dame du Sauvoir reminds of the former abbey.
literature
- Nicolas Le Long, Histoire Ecclésiastique et civile du Diocèse de Laon, et de tout le pays contenu entre l'Oise et la Meuse, l'Aisne et la Sambre. Seneuze . Châlons 1783, pp. 291-292.
- Maximilien Melleville, Histoire de la ville de Laon et de ses institutions civiles, judiciares, féodales, militaires, financières et religieuses: monuments, antiquités, moeurs, usages, impôts, finances, commerce, population . Vol. 2. Laon / Paris 1816, pp. 117–119 (with names of some abbesses).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 294.
Web links
- Mention of “Sauvoir, le” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Brief history of the monastery, French
- Entry on the Portal of Cultural Heritage, French
- Entry on the monuments page, with a brief history, French
- Gisant of Jeanne de Flandre, photos
- Image of the modern Notre Dame du Sauvoir church