Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Jacques (Vitry-en-Perthois)
The Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Jacques (Vitry-en-Perthois) was 1234-1752 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Vitry-en-Perthois , a municipality in the department of Marne in France .
history
Not far from the Trois-Fontaines monastery , Theobald IV, Count of Champagne, founded the Cistercian monastery of Saint-Jacques on the river Saulx in 1234 near today's Vitry-en-Perthois , which served as a hostel for pilgrims on the Way of St. James . 1747–1751 it came under Abbess Marie-Thérèse de Napier (1720–1762) to the incorporation of the abbey of Saint-Pantaléon (Saint-Dizier), which was dissolved due to overindebtedness . In 1792 the monastery was dissolved by the French Revolution . In Vitry today only a few field names ("Ferme de Saint-Jacques" and others) remind of the former monastery.
literature
- André Kwanten: L'abbaye Saint-Jacques de Vitry-en-Perthois . In: Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Commerce, Sciences et Arts de la Marne , 81, 1966, pp. 93-109.
- Jackie Lusse: Les religieuses en Champagne jusqu'au XIIIe siècle . In: Les religieuses en France au XIIIe siècle , ed. by Michel Parisse, Presses Universitaires, Nancy 1985, pp. 11-26.
- Antoine Bru: L'abbaye de Saint Pantaléon (Notre-Dame de Saint-Dizier) . In: Mémoires de la Société des Lettres, des sciences, des arts, de l'agriculture et de l'industrie de Saint-Dizier . Second series. 4, 1974-1977, pp. 25-53.
- Abbé Fourot: Les origines de Saint-Dizier . In: Mémoires de la Société des lettres, des sciences, des arts, de l'agriculture et de l'industrie de Saint-Dizier 6, 1890–1891 (here: pp. 337–342).
Manual literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 3411 (sv Vitry-en-Perthois).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 131.
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 63 B and p. 108.
Web links
- Mention of “Vitry, Saint Jacques de” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- "Saint-Jacques de Vitry" entry on the Certosa di Firenze website, with localization
- Page “Saint-Jacques” in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Brief history of the monastery, in French, with bibliography
- Aerial view of the monastery
- Cartographic page of the monastery
- Archives page of the monastery, incorrect indication of origin: Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Vitry-le-François
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 13.1 ″ N , 4 ° 37 ′ 19.4 ″ E