Longpont Abbey

View of surviving claustral buildings from the west

Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont) was a Cistercian monastery, in present-day Longpont, Aisne, France.

It existed from 1131 to 1793, being founded by monks from the abbey of Clairvaux,^[1] at the behest of Jocelin of Soissons. There is now a hotel on the site, located in the old Cistercian inn. The roofless abbey church can be visited, along with the better-preserved buildings around the cloister. The original buildings suffered war damage in 1918.^[2]

Its monks included Peter the Chanter and John de Montmirail.^[3]

Burials

• Raoul II, Count of Vermandois
• Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois
• Jean de Montmirail

References

• Pickard, Charlotte (2015) "Unequal Marriage in Medieval France: The Case of the Vermandois Heiresses" DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4286954.v1
• Poquet, Monographie de l'abbaye de Longpont (Paris: 1869)

Notes

1. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Clairvaux
2. Picardie 14-18 ::. Vestiges de l'abbaye de Longpont Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. Catholic Encyclopedia: Soissons

External links

• (in French) [1]
• (in French) [2]^{[permanent dead link]}
• (in French) [3]
• [4]

49°16′23″N 3°13′16″E / 49.273°N 3.221°E / 49.273; 3.221