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3 unusual facts about Igny Abbey


Arcis-le-Ponsart

The Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny was founded in the 1120s by monks from the Abbey of Clairvaux, sent by St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

Igny Abbey

Igny was destroyed in 1918, but a new monastery was rebuilt in 1929 for a group of nuns from Laval.

Igny Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; translation: "Abbey of Our Lady of Igny"; current: Abbaye N.-D. du Val d'Igny) is a Cistercian abbey located in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France.



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