Lessay Abbey
| Lessay Abbey | |
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| Abbey of the Holy Trinity of Lessay | |
 Lessay Abbey, 2008 | |
  Lessay Abbey Location in France | |
| 49°13′12″N 1°31′58″W / 49.22000°N 1.53278°W | |
| Location | Lessay, Manche, Normandy |
| Country | France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Religious order | Benedictines |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Restored |
| Founded | 1056 |
| Dedication | Holy Trinity |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Preserved |
| Architectural type | Abbey |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Demolished | 1944 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Coutances |
| Parish | Sainte-Opportune |
| Official name | Ancienne abbaye de Lessay |
| Type | Abbaye |
| Designated | 1840; October 19, 1946[1] |
| Reference no. | PA00110438 |
The Abbey of the Holy Trinity (Template:Lang-fr) is an 11th century Romanesque Benedictine Abbey church located in Lessay, Manche, France, then in Normandy. The abbey is one of the most important Norman Romanesque churches as one of the earliest examples of the use of the rib vault in Western churches, that was later a key element of Gothic architecture. The abbey was nearly destroyed in 1357. It was totally destroyed in 1944 and subsequently rebuilt.
History
The Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity in Lessay was founded in 1056 by Turstin Haldup, Baron of La Haye-du-Puits, and his wife Emma.[2] The foundation of the abbey was confirmed in 1080 by Turstin's son and William the Conqueror's seneschal, Eudes au Capel.[3] Duke William and Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances, signed the abbey's charter, as did the bishops of Canterbury, York, Bayeux, Winchester, and St. Anselm. Eudes au Capel was buried in Lessay Abbey's choir in 1098.[4]
As part of the charter, Turstin ceded all his holdings in the parish of Sainte-Opportune to Lessay Abbey.
Notes
- ^ "Monument historique". culture.gouv.fr. French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Tome 11 of the Gallia Christiana, p. 917
- ^ Couppey 1898, p. 18.
- ^ Desoulières 1943, pp. 101–03.
References
French
- Couppey, Louis (1898). Notes historiques sur le prieuré conventuel d'Héauville à La Hague (in French). Imprimerie de l'Eure.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Desoulières, F. (1943). Au début de l'art roman : les églises de l'onzième siècle en France. Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire.
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