Micy

The Abbey of Saint -Mesmin de Micy was a Benedictine monastery in the present commune of Saint - Pryvé -Saint -Mesmin in the French department of Loiret. Since 1939 she is inhabited by Carmelites.

  • 2.1 Regular Abbots
  • 2.2 Kommendataräbte

History

6/7 century

After the Vita Maxi Mini from the 9th century St. Euspicius, Archpriest stepped out of Verdun before King Clovis I, who had come to the city, to punish them for a riot. After pardoning the city the king and his nephew Euspicius Mesmin ( Maximin ) took into his service. In the year 508 to Euspicius withdrew from public life, and obtained from the King the vacant royal villa Micy near Orléans at the confluence of the Loire and Loiret establishing a monastery given. The king endowed the foundation with additional land, including as a refuge, a Alleu de Saint- Mesmin called land within the city of Orléans. Since it is fraud in the relevant deeds of gift, should only be a legend and the report of the Vita Maxi Mini.

Euspicius died on 10 June 510 and was buried in, Orléans in the Church of Saint -Pierre- aux- Bœufs, the later Basilica of Saint -Aignan on the side of St. Aignan of Orléans. The government of the monastery took Mesmin, he died on 15 December 520

The first monastery was located inside an enclosure and consisted of koenobitischen cells and two large buildings, the Stephen's Church and a community center. The monks followed the rule of St. Anthony and St. Basil, who had been brought by John Cassian and Martin of Tours in the West. The historian Jean Mabillon has found that, are 26 saints among the 30 monks who are listed in the death list of the abbey, some of which are a number of communities gave their name to Saint -Mesmin ( 7), Saint- Avit ( 20), Saint -Brice (14 ), Saint- Calais ( 2), Saint- Dié ( 1), Saint- Doulchard ( 1), Saint- Fraimbault ( 3), Saint-Front (11 ), Saint -Gault (2 ), Saint- Léonard (9 ), Saint- Lyé ( 2), Saint- Rigomer ( 1), Saint- Ulphace (1) and Saint- Viâtre (1).

From the end of the year 593, after the death of the fifth abbot, Mesmin the younger, you know any names of abbots more for nearly 200 years. The continuing existence of the abbey is no doubt, however, as deeds of gift of kings Dagobert I and Theodoric III. exist. To 675 the bodies of the saints Mesmin the Elder, Theodemir and Mesmin the Younger were reburied in the city of Orléans.

8th century

Theodulf Bishop of Orléans was also head of Fleury, Micy, Saint- Aignan and Saint- Liphard in Meung -sur -Loire, regarding Micys but not regular abbot, but only beneficiaries of income. Nevertheless, he introduced the Benedictine rule here, for which he got sent by Benedict of Aniane twelve monks to support.

16th century

François de la Rochefoucauld (1558-1645), bishop of Clermont, received in 1598 the abbey Micy as a benefice. On him the completion of the work to restore the building in 1606, is falling. A year later, after he had been made ​​a cardinal, he had the approval of the Pope, the monks living there whose lives Converts had attracted criticism, by Cistercian monks from the 1583 founded the Congregation of the Feuillants, ie from the abbey Les Feuillants in Toulouse, replace. The protest of the expelled Benedictine caused the new monks could be ceremoniously installed only on 10 December 1608.

In 1790, ie during the Revolution, the abbey was dissolved. Today it is completely destroyed. With the last remaining stones of the abbey was built in 1858 Croix de Micy in Saint- Pryvé -Saint -Mesmin in memory of the monastery. The Order was founded in 1617 the Carmelites of Orléans settled in 1939 on the site of the former Abbey down

The Institut de recherche et d' histoire des textes in the CNRS has a Bible and two missals from the abbey, dating from the mid-13th century and a breviary of the 17th century,

List of abbots

Regular abbots

  • Holy Euspicius, 508-510
  • Holy Mesmin the Elder, 510-520
  • Saint Avitus, 520-523
  • Holy Theodemir, 523-552
  • Holy Mesmin the Younger, 552-593
  • For the period 593-770 the names of the abbots are not delivered
  • Garatholène, 770
  • Dructesinde, 814
  • Jonas, 822
  • Heric, 828
  • Pierre I., 840
  • Amaury I, 865
  • Frédric, 895
  • Létalde, 907
  • Thierry, 937
  • Benoit I., 942
  • Benoît II, 946
  • Jacob, 949
  • Annon, 950
  • Amaury II, 973
  • Robert I., 994
  • Constantine, 1011
  • Albert I, 1018
  • Fulk I, 1036
  • Raoul, 1050
  • Fulk II, 1059
  • Chrétien, 1075
  • Garnier, 1110
  • Étienne, 1116
  • Albert II, 1120
  • Hugues, 1130
  • Guillaume I., 1149
  • Gautier I, 1163
  • André 1171
  • Lancelin, 1182
  • Humbaud, 1202
  • Jean I., 1218
  • Francon, 1220
  • Evrard, 1237
  • Berthier, 1242
  • Adam de Soisy, 1256
  • NN, 1274
  • Guillaume II de l' Aunay, 1297
  • Jean II, 1320
  • Gautier II, 1350
  • Julien le reel men and women, 1366
  • Laumer de l' Isle, 1396
  • Jean III. de Mornay, 1420
  • Pierre II de Coihart, 1438
  • Robert II de Villequier, 1448
  • Jean IV d' Esch Ines, 1453
  • Louis Ajasson, 1489

Kommendataräbte

  • René de Prie, 1513
  • Jean V. de Longueville, 1516
  • François I de Moulins, 1522
  • Pierre III. Palmier, 1534
  • Sébastien de l' Aubespine, 1558 (House Aubespine )
  • Francesco II Pico della Mirandola, 1560
  • Hippolyte d' Este, 1563 (House Este )
  • Sacripante I. Pedocca, 1572
  • Sacripante II Pedocca, 1588
  • François III. de La Rochefoucauld, 1598 (House La Rochefoucauld )
  • Antoine Rose, 1610
  • Daniel de Vassan, 1613
  • Charles de Vassan, 1642
  • Nicolas Gedoyn, 1665
  • Jérôme de Dufaure Pibrac, 1692
  • Emmanuel de Chépy, 1706
  • Étienne -Edouard Colbert, 1749 (House Colbert )
  • Armand- Anne -Auguste- Antonin- Sicaire Chapt de Rastignac, 1772
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