Cistercian monastery of Montfaucon
The Cistercian convent Montfaucon was 1638-1791 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Montfaucon-en-Velay , Haute-Loire , in France.
history
Geneviève de Bronac, nun of the Cistercian abbey of Clavas , in cooperation with Lucrèce de Fay de Gerlande, nun of the Cistercian abbey of Saint-Just , founded on the basis of foundations of her brother-in-law Johann III. von Bronac, 1638 in Montfaucon the nunnery of Sainte-Croix ("Holy Cross"). In 1755, a fire killed several nuns. When the monastery was closed by the French Revolution in 1791 , it only housed 10 nuns. Buildings still preserved today are privately owned.
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 Montfaucon (1876) 80 pages.
- Pierre Cubizolles: Le diocèse du Puy-en-Velay des origines à nos jours . Editions Créer, Nonette 2005, pp. 295-296.
Manual literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1945.
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 53.
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Card collection . Lukas Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 73 B.
Web links
- Page “Montfaucon-en-Velay” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- "Montfaucon" entry on the Certosa di Firenze website, with localization
- Page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′ 10.4 ″ N , 4 ° 19 ′ 1.6 ″ E