Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu explained

Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Fille-Dieu
Native Name:Abtei La Fille-Dieu
Native Name Lang:de
Other Names:Notre Dame de la Fille-Dieu[1]
Full:Abbaye Notre Dame de la Fille-Dieu
Order:Cistercian[2]
Established:1268[3]
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
Founder:Jean de Cossonay, Bishop of Lausanne
Abbess:Sœur Marie-Claire Pauchard[4]
People:Saint Marguerite Bays[5]
Architect:Tomas Mikulas (restoration)
Heritage Designation:class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
Location:Romont, Fribourg Canton, Switzerland
Coordinates:46.7011°N 6.9277°W
Map Type:Canton of Fribourg#Switzerland
Website:https://fille-dieu.ch

The Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu is a Cistercian monastery located near the town of Romont in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg. Founded as a Benedictine priory in 1268,[6] [7] and continuously occupied by a community of nuns since its establishment, the alpine abbey is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[8] Heavily altered through its history, Fille-Dieu was restructured by economic turmoil, fire, additions and unsympathetic alterations.[9] In 1906 the abbey became affiliated with the Trappists, and between 1990 and 1996 an internationally notable restoration was undertaken, modernising the monastic buildings, restoring the abbey church to its original volume, and preserving its rediscovered medieval murals, with the only contemporary element a suite of stained glass windows commissioned from the British artist Brian Clarke.[10] [11] [12] Further restoration of the abbey continues today.

Early history

In 1268, the Bishop of Lausanne, Jean de Cossonay, visited a small community of women who, in 1265, had founded a house of prayer near Romont.[13] He authorised Juliette, Pernette and Cécile de Villa to erect a monastery on the site and gave it the name 'Fille-Dieu'.

Modern history

In 1906, the abbey joined the Cistercian Order of Strict Observance,[14] colloquially known as Trappists.[15]

Restoration

Stained glass

In 2009, the stained glass of the oculus window of the abbey was destroyed in a hailstorm.[16] The artist, Brian Clarke, had been dissatisfied with the 1996 resolution of the window in his original programme of works, and this "sign of God" presented an opportunity to design and fabricate a replacement, for which he was commissioned.[17] The new window was inaugurated and blessed in 2010,[18] and the design for the window was presented to the Swiss National Museum of Stained Glass in Romont.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notre-Dame (Romont, Canton of Friborg) . Deutsche Nationalbibliothek . Catalogue of the German National Library . 14 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Mayer. Jean-François. June 2013. Pierre Köstinger. Les communautés religieuses dans le canton de Fribourg—Aperçu, évolution, relations et perspectives. 29 January 2022. Site officiel de l'Etat de Fribourg. Bureau de l'information de la Chancellerie de l’Etat de Fribourg.
  3. Book: Liturgie Et Musique a l'Abbaye Cistercienne Notre-Dame de la Fille-Dieu: Histoire Et Catalogue Des Sources de Sept Siecles de Vie Chorale . Aschendorff Verlag . Scarcez, Alicia . 2015 . 978-3402136300.
  4. News: Portes ouvertes sur un monde de silence et de solitude . La Gruyère: la journal la de sud fribourgeois . 16 Oct 2018 . La Gruyère Médias SA . 15 April 2020 . Bulliard, Éric.
  5. Web site: Pilgrimages: Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu . Maison de Marguerite . Sainte Marguerite Bays . 15 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Abbaye cistercienne de la Fille-Dieu (La Fille-Dieu) . 29 June 2022 . SHAS - Guide artistique de la Suisse . Société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse . Berne . French.
  7. Book: Preparatory Architectural Investigation in the Restoration of Historical Buildings . Leuven University Press . Schmid, Alfred . 2002 . 197 . Restauration, rénovation, reconstruction? La résurrection du monastère cistercien de la Fille-Dieu à Romont.
  8. Web site: Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance . 1 January 2018 . A-Objects . Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) . 16 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160902033944/http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html . 2 September 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: Les Vitraux de Brian Clarke a l'Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu de Romont . June 2013 . 15 April 2020 . Oberson, Josette . 1–9.
  10. Web site: Abbey church La Fille-Dieu . Union fribourgeoise du Tourisme Etat de Fribourg . Fribourg Region . 15 April 2020.
  11. Book: Les Vitraux de la Fille-Dieu de Brian Clarke/Die Glasgemälde der Fille-Dieu Von Brian Clarke . Benteli/Musee Suisse de Vitrail a Romont. Trümpler, Stefan . 1997. Webern-Berne.
  12. Book: Brian Clarke, Linda McCartney: collaborations . 1997 . Benteli . Stefan Trümpler, Linda McCartney, Brian Clarke, Musée suisse du vitrail . 3-7165-1086-6 . Berne . 46638314.
  13. Web site: Fille-Dieu . Ordre Cistercien de la Stricte Observance . Records of the Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance . 14 April 2020.
  14. Web site: La Fille-Dieu. Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences . Historisches Lexicon der Schweiz . 29 November 2005 . 15 April 2020 . Utz Tremp, Kathrin . German.
  15. Web site: Swiss Geoportal . 2023-03-25 . geo.admin.ch.
  16. Web site: Il a fait rimer vitrail et trouvailles . iomedia . La Liberté . 24 December 2009 . 15 April 2020 . Sanchez, Stéphane . French.
  17. News: Un vitrail détruit par la grêle à remplacer . La Liberté . 26 April 2010 . 16 April 2020 . Pugin, Patrick.
  18. News: Clarke, à la vie, à la mort . La Liberté . 20 November 2010 . 16 April 2020 . Sterchi, Jacques.

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