Bœuil Abbey Explained

Abbey of Our Lady, Bœuil
Native Name:Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bœuil
Native Name Lang:fr
Other Names:Le Beuil
Bulium (Latin)
Order:Cistercian Order
Established:1123
Disestablished:1790
Dedication:Our Lady
Diocese:Diocese of Limoges
Founder:Ramnulphe de Nieul
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Functional Status:Daughter house of Dalon Abbey, line of Pontigny Abbey
Mother house of the Abbey of Saint-Léonard des Chaumes
Groundbreaking:1123
Location:Veyrac, Limousin, France
Map Type:France Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates:45.9024°N 1.0605°W
Remains:None

Bœuil Abbey (French: Abbaye de Bœuil; Latin: Bulium), also called Our Lady Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame), was a Cistercian monastery in Veyrac, Limousin, France. It was destroyed during the French Revolution.

History

The abbey was probably founded in 1123 by Ramnulphe de Nieul, Dean of the chapter of Dorat, as the daughter house of Dalon Abbey. The latter took on the Cistercian Rule in 1126, in line with Pontigny Abbey; so did Bœuil. Bœuil prospered and founded a daughter house at Saint-Léonard des Chaumes in the province of Aunis.

Like many other abbeys in the 15th century, Bœuil Abbey and its goods were placed under the authority of a layman for whom the monastery was a source of revenue rather than a place of worship. Despite several attempts of recovery, the abbey continued to decline.

In 1790, the Revolutionaries ousted the only remaining monk and destroyed the abbey. Although the abbey was still visible on the cadastral plan in 1808, the site was turned into a quarry in the 19th century.[1] No remnants of the abbey are visible today.

According to Janauschek, Bœuil Abbey had the order number CCCLXXVII (377).

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  1. Web site: fr . Veyrac — Un peu d'histoire . . veyrac.fr . February 10, 2013 . December 24, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100045/http://www.veyrac.fr/fr/information/19615/un-peu-histoire . dead .