Cistercian convent of San José (Liérganes)

The Cistercian convent of San José (Liérganes) has been a convent of the Cistercian women since 1894, first in Santander , and since 1987 in Liérganes, Cantabria in Spain .

history

The St. Bernard Sisters, who have been living in Santander since 1894 , built a monastery there in Paseo Canalejas (today demolished), from which they moved to a new building in 1987, 23 km southeast, in the solitude of Liérganes (Los Prados district). The monastery is called Monasterio Cistercense Nostra Señora del Río y San José ("Maria River and Saint Joseph") or Monasterio Cisterciense de San José de Liérganes . There the nuns make candles for their maintenance. The convent belongs to the Cistercian Congregation of San Bernardo (CCSB) .

literature

• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 765.

Web links

• Website of the monastery in Liérganes
• Entry to the monastery of the Certosa of Florence
• Historical information about the monastery, Spanish
• Historical photo of the monastery in Santander

Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′ 56 "  N , 3 ° 43 ′ 49.7"  W.