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Monastery information | |
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Full name | The Abbey of Our Lady of Igny (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; |
Other names | Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny |
Order | Cistercian, Trappist |
Established | 1126-1128, 1876, 1929 |
Disestablished | 1790-1874 and 1914-1929 |
Mother house | Cîteaux Abbey, France |
Dedicated to | Virgin Mary |
Diocese | Reims |
People | |
Founder(s) | Rainaud II de Martigny, Archbishop of Reims |
Important associated figures | Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Blessed Abbot Guerric of Igny, Blessed Abbot Gerard of Clairvaux, Gaucher V de Châtillon |
Site | |
Location | Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France. |
Igny Abbey or Val d'Igny Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny) is a Cistercian abbey located in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France. It was founded in 1128 for Cistercian monks, dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution, re-established in 1876 for Trappist monks, destroyed in 1918, reopened in 1929 for Trappist nuns and modernised in 2008–12 to accommodate three or four pre-existing communities.