Fontainejean Abbey, otherwise Fontaine-Jean Abbey (french: Abbaye de Fontainejean or ''Fontaine-Jean''), was a

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 the commune of

Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron (; literally "Saint-Maurice on Aveyron") is a commune in the Loiret department, central France. Geography The village is located in the central western part of the commune, above the right bank of the Aveyron. The comm ...

in the Gâtinais in the département of Loiret, France. It was founded in 1124 as a daughter house of Pontigny Abbey by Miles de Courtenay, who had previously also founded

Les Écharlis Abbey Les Écharlis Abbey (french: Abbaye des Écharlis) is a former Cistercians, Cistercian monastery in Villefranche, Yonne, Villefranche, Yonne, France. It was founded in the 12th century by a secular priest with two companions who wanted to live a ...

. Fontainejean became the burial place of the Courtenay family. It was occupied by Protestant troops in 1562, when the church was ruined. The abbey was suppressed during 1791 in the French Revolution. Little remains of the structures except for the north arm of the transept of the church with chapels and part of the wall of the choir, and also part of the 13th-century grange.

Sources

* Bernard Peugniez, 2001: ''Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse'' (pp. 110–111; new expanded edition). Éditions Gaud: Moisenay * Eugène Jarossay: ''Histoire de l'abbaye de Fontaine-Jean de l'ordre de Cîteaux, 1124-1790: avec pièces justificatives et gravures'' (382 pp). Orléans: H. Herluison, 1894

External links

Cister.net: Fontaine-Jean

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