Beauport Abbey
Abbaye Saint-Budoc | |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey of St. Budoc |
Other names | Abbaye de Beauport |
Premonstratensian | |
Established | March 13, 1202 |
Disestablished | 1790 |
Mother house | La Lucerne Abbey |
Dedicated to | St. Budoc of Dol |
Diocese | Saint-Brieuc |
Controlled churches | 20 parishes in Brittany and England |
People | |
Founder(s) | Alain de Goëlo |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Monument historique |
Designated date | 1862 |
Style | Gothic |
Site | |
Location | Rue de Beauport Paimpol, 22500 Côtes-d'Armor |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 3°01′14″N 48°46′03″E / 3.020633°N 48.767432°E |
Public access | yes |
Website | abbayebeauport |
The Abbey of St.
Foundation
Origins
During the 1170s, Count
These canons, however, came to find the island too confining in terms of both their growth as a community and their style of ministry, based on their established experience in an urban environment. Thus they decided to withdraw their men. Another factor in their decision might have been the attempts then taking place by the local
Facing the departure of the Victorine canons, the count decided to make use of an abandoned monastery dating from the 8th or 9th century which lay in his domaine on the mainland. It had been left in ruins by
Alain approached the
The abbot of La Lucerne Abbey himself led the contingent of founders, composed of canons and
Decline and end
By the time of the French Revolution, the abbey was in shambles and deteriorating. Only twelve religious were left, with the complex being run by thirteen servants. The decree of secularization of 1790 ended the community.
References
- ^ a b Geslin de Bourgogne, Jules-Henri; de Barthélemy, Anatole (1864). "Chapitre 2: Abbaye de Beauport". Anciens évêchés de Bretagne: Histoire et documents. Saint-Brieuc: Librairie Guyon Frères imprimeurs. pp. 15–228.
- ISBN 2-86847-802-6.
- ^ Malin, Gael (1990). "Sainte Azénor et le conte de la femme calomniée". Mémoires de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne (LXVII): 303–320.
- ^ Gallet, Yves (2015). "Abbaye de Beauport: Monuments des Côtes-D'Armor: Le "Beau Moyen Âge"". Congrès Archéologique de France. 173. Paris: Société Française d'Archéologie: 353–379.