Molaise Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian abbey of Molaise was a French monastery of the Cistercian sisters in Écuelles , Canton Verdun-sur-le-Doubs , Département Saône-et-Loire , Diocese Chalon from 1142 to 1790 .
history
Duke Odo II (Burgundy) founded the Molaise Cistercian convent southeast of Beaune on the Saône in 1142, together with his wife , which was subordinated to the Tart Abbey and raised to the status of an abbey in 1170 . The first abbess, sister of the abbess of Tart, came from the noble family Vergy. The abbey, closed in 1790 by the French Revolution , was completely dismantled. Today only a tiny chapel (and the Ludwigsbrunnen) reminds of the place that used to be the destination of a procession on August 25th, in which the relics of Louis the Saint belonging to the monastery (and now kept in the parish church) were venerated annually. The hamlet of Molaise (also: Molaize ) today belongs to the village of Écuelles, which takes its name from the disease ( les écrouelles = scrofula ), which according to traditional beliefs could be cured by the relics.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 75.
Web links
- "Molaise" is mentioned in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Abbaye de cisterciennes dite abbaye de Molaise (détruite) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Newspaper article about the veneration of relics, French, with picture
- Private page with photo of the remains of the monastery
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '7.7 " N , 5 ° 3' 24.4" E