Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien prieuré Notre-Dame-des-Moutiers
Cagny, Calvados, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Restes de l'église (cad. A 11) : inscription par arrêté du 7 août 1974
- Protection dates
- 1974/08/07 : inscrit MH
- Type
- prieuré
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- R.N. 13
- Commune
- Cagny
- Département
- Calvados
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.16230, -0.24888
- Mérimée reference
- PA00111196
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "61 Lisieux, Honfleur." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le prieuré de Cagny fut fondé au 12e siècle. Vers 1109, Hélie de Cagny, vassal de Robert de Bellême, avait donné aux bénédictins de Troarn les quatre églises de Cagny, dont celle de Notre-Dame. C'est entre 1173 et 1178 que celle-ci devint le centre d'une petite colonie monastique, comptant trois prêtres et un diacre, qui fonctionna jusque vers le milieu du 16e siècle. Très vraisemblablement, la chapelle actuellement visible est celle-là même qui fut édifiée lors de l'arrivée des moines, ce qui lui donne un intérêt particulier.
English translation
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History
The priory of Cagny was founded in the 12th century. Around 1109, Hélie de Cagny, vassal of Robert de Bellême, had given to the Benedictines of Troarn the four churches of Cagny, including that of Notre-Dame. It was between 1173 and 1178 that this became the centre of a small monastic community, numbering three priests and a deacon, which functioned until around the middle of the 16th century. Most likely, the chapel currently visible is the very one that was built upon the arrival of the monks, which gives it particular interest.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.