Tamié Abbey (''Abbaye de Tamié'' or ''Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié'') is a

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monastery, located in the

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mountain range in the

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region of

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History

The monastery was founded in 1132, as a daughter house of Bonnevaux Abbey, by Peter of Tarentaise, who was also the first abbot. The abbey adopted the reforms initiated by

Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (9 January 1626, Paris27 October 1700, Soligny-la-Trappe) was a French abbot of La Trappe Abbey, a controversialist author, and a founding father of the Trappists. Early life Armand Jean le Bouthillier de R ...

in 1677. In 1797, during the French revolution, the community was forced to leave the premises and the buildings and land were sold to individuals. In 1835, king

Charles X Charles X may refer to: * Charles X of France (1757–1836) * Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), King of Sweden * Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1523–1590), recognized as Charles X of France but renounced the royal title See also * * King Charle ...

bought the monastery back and donated it to the bishop of Chambéry to establish pious works there. Finally, in 1861, Trappist monks from the Grace-Dieu Abbey in Besancon bought the monastery and returned to establish a new community.

Christophe Lebreton Christophe Lebreton OCSO (October 11, 1950 – May 21, 1996) was a French Trappist monk. He was one of seven Trappist monks from the Our Lady of the Atlas Abbey of Tibhirine near Médéa, Algeria who were kidnapped and killed during the Algerian C ...

, one of the Tibhirine martyrs, entered the monastery before moving to the

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in Algeria. It continues as a

Trappist The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Religious order (Catholic), Catholic religious o ...

community of 30 monks, famous for its cheese, Abbaye de Tamié.

References

External links

Tamié Abbey website
Cistercian monasteries in France Trappist monasteries in France 1132 establishments in Europe 1130s establishments in France Buildings and structures in Savoie Christian monasteries established in the 1130s {{France-Christian-monastery-stub