Chancelade Abbey

Chancelade Abbey
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Chancelade
Chancelade abbey church
Chancelade Abbey Location
45°12′27″N0°40′00″E / 45.2075°N 0.6667°E / 45.2075; 0.6667
Location	Chancelade, Dordogne
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Friends of Chancelade Abbey (in French)
History
Founded	1129
Dedication	Our Lady
Architecture
Functional status	Defunct
Architectural type	Romanesque

Chancelade Abbey (French : Abbaye Notre-Dame de Chancelade) is an Augustinian monastery in Chancelade in the Dordogne. It was founded in 1129.

The abbey was damaged by English troops in the 14th century during the Hundred Years' War and again by Protestants in the 16th century during the French Wars of Religion. ^[1]

Alain de Solminihac (beatified in 1981 by John Paul II) had the abbey restored in 1623. ^[1] He was consecrated abbot of Chancelade by Urban VIII in 1636. ^[2]

Economist Nicolas Baudeau taught theology at the abbey. ^[3]

A contemporary monastic community is now in occupation of some buildings and in 2016 completed a new community house on the site.

Gallery

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  The church and former abbey buildings.
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  Bell tower.
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  Details of the church façade.
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  Details of the church façade.
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  Church interior.
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  Church interior.
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  Choir stalls.
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  Frescos on the choir walls, partly covered by wooden panels.

References

1. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1896). South-western France. Macmillan. p.  362 . Retrieved 22 July 2012.
2. Matthew Bunson; Margaret Bunson; Stephen Bunson; Pope John Paul II (1 March 1999). John Paul Ii's Book of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-87973-934-8 . Retrieved 22 July 2012.
3.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicolas Baudeau". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.