Cistercian convent of Saint-Aignan
The Cistercian convent of Saint-Aignan was a priory of the Cistercian women in Saint-Aignan , Loir-et-Cher , France from 1641 to 1791 . It should not be confused with the Cistercian monastery of Tironneau in the village of Saint-Aignan ( Sarthe department ).
history
Two high civil servants (Nicolas Servien and son-in-law Charles de Bauquemare) founded the nunnery Notre-Dame des Anges in Saint-Aignan on the Cher River in 1641 . The Cistercian women (also: St. Bernard women ) ran a hospital and a school. In 1791 it was closed by the French Revolution . A building that had been a listed building since 2006 was destroyed by fire in 2009. In Saint-Aignan, a primary school called "Les Bernardines" reminds of the former monastery.
literature
- René Guyonnet: L'Hôtel-Dieu et le couvent des dames bernardines de Saint-Aignan-en-Berry. Saint-Aignan 1984.
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés. Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 2577: St-Aignan.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 111 (“Aignan, Saint-”).
Web links
- Entry in the Cistercian project of the photographer Carsten Gier
- Site of the St. Bernard School in Saint-Aignan, French
- Monument page with localization
- Entry in the database of the French Ministry of Culture
- Historical photo of the monastery complex
Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 59.1 ″ N , 1 ° 22 ′ 30.1 ″ E