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La Trappe Abbey or La Grande Trappe is a monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France, and the house of origin of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Soligny-la-Trappe is a commune of the Orne département, in the Basse-Normandie région of France Orne is a department in the northwest of France named after the Orne River. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. C. S. O. : Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), Reformed Cistercians or Trappists, to whom it gave its name. Trappist redirects here This article is about the Cistercian order

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History

The site of the famous La Trappe Abbey was for centuries an isolated one in a valley surrounded by forests, streams and lakes, 9 miles from Mortagne and 84 miles from Paris, in the Diocese of Séez and the former province of Normandy. Mortagne-au-Perche is a commune of the Orne département, in the Low-Normandy area of France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy.

It began as a small oratory chapel to the Virgin Mary, built in 1122 by Rotrou III, Count of Perche, as a memorial to his wife Matilda (illegitimate daughter of Henry I), who drowned in the White Ship disaster of 1120. county of Perche was a medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine. Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman The White Ship (or its real name la Blanche-Nef) a twelfth-century vessel sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur A few years later he built a monastery adjoining, which he offered to the monks of Breuil-Benoît Abbey near Dreux, a house of the Order of Savigny, highly respected at that time for its fervour and holiness. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. The Catholic Congregation of Savigny ( Savigniac Order) started in the Abbey of Savigny, situated in northern France, on the confines of Normandy In 1140 the monastery of La Trappe was itself raised to the status of abbey. In 1147 Savigny Abbey, with all its affiliated monasteries, was united to the Cistercian Order, and from that time onwards La Trappe was a Cistercian abbey, immediately subordinate to the abbot of Clairvaux. The Catholic Congregation of Savigny ( Savigniac Order) started in the Abbey of Savigny, situated in northern France, on the confines of Normandy Clairvaux Abbey ( Clara Vallis in Latin a Cistercian Monastery, was founded in 1115 by St

After years of prosperity, La Trappe found itself in the path of the English and French armies during the Hundred Years' War and suffered accordingly. The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior The monks were forced to abandon the monastery, which was burnt and pillaged in 1376 and again in 1465.

In the 16th century, after the reconstruction, the abbey, in common with many other monasteries, was given to a series of absentee abbots "in commendam", which depressed its fortunes still further. In Canon law, commendam (or in commendam) was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody

However, the 14th commendatory abbot, installed in 1662, Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, stepson of Cardinal Richelieu, proved against all expectation to be La Trappe's greatest leader. Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé ( January 9, 1626 &ndash October 27, 1700) Abbot and founder of the Trappist This article is about a cardinal For information on the Russian also called The Red Eminence, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. De Rancé experienced a religious conversion which caused him to take his responsibilities seriously and to become abbot in fact as well as in name. From 1664 La Trappe was the centre of a thorough reform of the Cistercian Order, led by de Rancé, to which the abbey gave its name, and which made it famous.

Bossuet, a friend of de Rancé, was a frequent visitor at La Trappe. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ( September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French Bishop and theologian, renowned James II of England came here while a refugee in France. James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James The distinguished Benedictine scholar, Dom Jean Mabillon, after his long quarrels with de Rancé[1], visited him here to make peace with him. This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. Jean Mabillon ( November 23, 1632 - December 27, 1707) was a Benedictine monk and scholar considered the founder of Palaeography

The abbey did not escape the general fate of religious houses under the French Revolution and pursuant to the decree of 13 February 1790 against the religious orders of France, was suppressed. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Some of the monks were martyred. Others, under the then abbot, Dom Augustin de Lestrange, went into exile, initially at La Valsainte Charterhouse in Switzerland. Augustin de Lestrange (secular name Louis-Henri de Lestrange) (born in 1754 in the Château de Colombier-le-Vieux, Ardèche, France; died at

The abbey was sold as national property, but in 1815 was re-purchased by Dom Augustin. However, the premises were ruinous when the community returned to them, and the monastery had to be entirely rebuilt. The new church was consecrated on 30 August 1832. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian

The abbey's reputation as a place of retreat continued, and the Count of Artois, afterwards Charles X, spent several days here, as did Louis Philippe in 1847. Charles X (9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836 ruled as King of France and Navarre from 20 May 1824 until the French Revolution of 1830, when he abdicated Louis Philippe ( 6 October 1773 &ndash 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the

In 1880 the Trappists were again expelled under the French laws against religious institutions, but were able to return after a couple of years. The monastery was entirely rebuilt under the 45th abbot, Dom Etienne Salasc; the new church was consecrated on 30 August 1895. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Present day

These are the buildings, in Neo-Gothic style, which are still to be seen, and are still occupied by the Trappist community, under the leadership of abbot Dom Guerric Reitz-Séjotte, appointed in 2004. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began La Trappe Abbey directly supervises four other Trappist houses, at Bellefontaine in Anjou[2], Timadeuc in Brittany, Échourgnac in Dordogne, and Tre Fontane in Italy. Anjou is a former County (c 880) Duchy ( 1360) and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into Échourgnac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. Tre Fontane Abbey ( English: "Three Fountains Abbey" Latin: Abbatia trium fontium ad Aquas Salias) or the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Notes

  1. ^ De Rancé had criticised Mabillon for putting his energies into scholarship rather than the manual labour prescribed by the Rule
  2. ^ at Bégrolles-en-Mauges (Maine-et-Loire)

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