Bonnevaux Abbey (french: Abbaye de Bonnevaux; la, Bonae Valles) is a former

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

monastery in

Lieudieu Lieudieu () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The former Cistercian monastery Bonnevaux Abbey was located here until its destruction in the French Revolution. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department ...

near

Villeneuve-de-Marc Villeneuve-de-Marc () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, ...

in the

Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.France, in the region of the Dauphiné, 25 kilometres east of Vienne and about 6 kilometres south-east of Saint-Jean-de-Bournay on the northern edge of the ''Forêt de Bonnevaux''.

History

Bonnevaux Abbey was founded in 1117 by Guy of Burgundy, also known as Guy of Vienne, Archbishop of Vienne, and later

Pope Callixtus II Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...

, as the sixth daughter house of Cîteaux Abbey. The abbey attained wealth through various privileges and endowments, including a number from the Dauphin, and possessed fifteen granges in

, Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche, Beaurepaire,

Primarette Primarette () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, departme ...

Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of Fr ...

and

Diémoz Diémoz () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the ...

. It founded numerous daughter houses, all in France:

Mazan Abbey Mazan Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in the village of Mazan-l'Abbaye in the ''département'' of the Ardèche in the region of Rhône-Alpes, France. It was founded in 1120 from Bonnevaux Abbey, incorporating an already existing community of ca ...

Montpeyroux Abbey Montpeyroux may refer to the following places in France: * Montpeyroux, Aveyron, a commune of the Aveyron ''département'' * Montpeyroux, Dordogne, a commune of the Dordogne ''département'' * Montpeyroux, Hérault, a commune of the Hérault ''d� ...

Tamié Abbey Tamié Abbey (''Abbaye de Tamié'' or ''Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié'') is a Cistercian monastery, located in the Bauges mountain range in the Savoie region of France. It was founded in 1132, as a daughter house of Bonnevaux Abbey, by Peter of Tar ...

, Léoncel Abbey,

Valmagne Abbey Valmagne Abbey (french: Abbaye de Valmagne) is a former Benedictine monastery located near Villeveyrac, Hérault, in south-central France. It is a designated historic monument (monument historique). Valmagne Abbey was founded as a Benedictine a ...

, Sauveréal Abbey, Valbenoîte Abbey and Valcroissant Abbey. The nunneries of Laval-Bénite Abbey and Bonnecombe Abbey were also under the jurisdiction of Bonnevaux. In the Wars of Religion of the 16th century the abbey suffered severely. In 1576 it was looted by the Huguenots and the church was laid waste. In the French Revolution it was dissolved, looted again, set on fire and finally used as a quarry.

Buildings and appurtenances

A painting of about 1750 shows the precinct layout, with the church and its prominent western tower to the north, and the conventual buildings to the south of it. On the site of the monastery a memorial, consisting of a cross with an inscribed tablet, was set up in 1933 by Tamié Abbey. In 1938 the foundation stones were used for the construction of the church at Villeneuve-de-Marc. Today there are no visible remains of the abbey itself; an outlying grange with three aisles survives.

References

* Peugniez, Bernard, nd: ''Routier cistercien'' (2nd ed., p. 445). Moisenay: Editions Gaud. * Gerin, Patrick Gerin, and Pierry, Patrick: ''Les Granges à trois nefs de l'abbaye cistercienne de Bonnevaux en Dauphiné'' (''Bulletin de la Société des amis de Vienne'', Nr. 88, fasc. 1, 1993, pp. 22–25) * Bernard, Michel, 2000: ''La Fin de l'abbaye de Bonnevaux au début de la Révolution française'' (Chroniques rivoises, n.E. 30, Nov. 2000, pp. 39–44) * Chuzel, M.F., nd: ''Histoire de l’Abbaye de Bonnevaux'' (1932 edn., reprinted 2004). Ed. Lettres de France

External links

Encyclopedie-Universelle de la Langue francaise: Abbaye de Bonnevaux
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