Cerisy Abbey

Coordinates: 49°11′50″N 0°56′00″W / 49.1972°N 0.9332°W / 49.1972; -0.9332
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Cerisy Abbey
Cerisy Abbey in 2009
Interior of the abbey church in 2015

Cerisy Abbey, otherwise the Abbey of Saint Vigor (French: Abbaye de Cerisy, Abbaye Saint-Vigor de Cerisy), located in Cerisy-la-Forêt (near Saint-Lô), Manche, France, was an important Benedictine monastery of Normandy.[1][2]

History

The abbey was founded in 1032 by the

King of France).[3]

In the 12th century, Cerisy extended its powers over the former

privileges
of the abbey of Cerisy, which reached the height of its glory during the end of the 12th century.

The battle of Formigny

Cerisy became an important market town at this time. The abbey eventually consisted of forty-eight parishes and eight priories, including two in England (at

Caen
.

In 1337, the dynastic rivalries between the Valois and the kings of England precipitated the country into the

King of England. However, after the victory of the constable de Richemont over the English at Formigny in 1450, Normandy returned definitively to the kingdom of France
.

Following the

archbishop of Sens, in 1788.[4]

After a period of decline at the end of the Middle Ages, the abbey underwent a period of artistic renaissance with the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1716. In the 18th century, new agricultural buildings were built. The monks left it in the French Revolution, and the abbey became the unique parish church of the village of Cerisy-la-Forêt in 1790. Following its sale as national property during the Revolution most monastic buildings were sold to a contractor who demolished them and then sold the stones for the construction of roads and houses. The land was also sold at this time. Thereafter, what remained of the conventual buildings (including the chapel of St. Gerbold) was sold to the abbey's farm, which enabled them to be saved.

Heritage Listing

The abbey church is classified as historic monuments by the list of 1840 while the rest of the abbey is classified in 1938.[5]

Plan of the Abbey, by Paul de Farcy - 1887.

Abbots

See also

References

  1. ^ Albert Desile, L'abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt libérée de ses entraves, La Manche Libre, 30 June 1957
  2. ^ André Rhein, L'église abbatiale de Cerisy, Vol.2, 1969
  3. ^ Cerisy-la-Forêt - L'abbatiale Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ISBN 2-7373-2129-8
    ), p. 96-97.
  5. ^ Base Mérimée: Notice no PA00110359, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

49°11′50″N 0°56′00″W / 49.1972°N 0.9332°W / 49.1972; -0.9332

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