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name | Melleray | |
latin name | Mellerium | |
founded in | 1145 | |
inhabited by | monks | |
primary abbey | Cîteaux | |
first mother abbey | Pontront | |
daughter abbeys | ||
dissolved in | 1794 | |
reinhabited in | 1817 | |
inhabited by | monks | |
affiliated to | Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae | |
refounded by | La Val-Sainte at Lulworth | |
father immediate | Cîteaux | |
doughter abbeys
| - Mount Melleray 1832 - Gethsemani 1848 - Fontgombault 1853 (founded by Bellefontaine 1849, taken over by Melleray 1853, suppr. 1903-1909) - Divielle 1870, suppressed 1930 - La Patrie 1880 (potential refuge in Canada), suppressed in 1892 - Wood-Barton 1902 (refuge), suppressed 1920 | |
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address
| Abbaye N.-D. de Melleray F-44520 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne France | |
phone | [33] (2) 40 55 26 00 | |
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