Rivet, Sainte-Marie-du-

photo: OCSO

                                      

       

                                                                              

                            name

Sainte-Marie-du-Rivet / Le Rivet

                     latin name

Rivetum

                    founded in

9th century ?

             cistercian since

1189

                  inhabited by

monks

                   founded by

Ponteaux

              primary abbey

Pontigny

          daughter abbeys

                  dissolved in

1791

                reinhabited in

1939

                  inhabited by

nuns

                    affiliated to

Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae

                refounded by

 

Foundation of Maubec [Blauvac] at Blagnac in 1852; transferred to Rivet in 1939

          father immediate

Désert

                          to visit

                         address

 

 

Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Rivet

F - 33124 Auros

France

                           phone

[+33] (0) 5 56 65 05 30

                                fax

[+33] (0) 5 56 65 05 39

                            email

m.c.rivet@wanadoo.fr

                         internet

www.abbayesaintemariedurivet.com