Igny Abbey

Igny Abbey

Main entrance, 2016
Monastery information
Full name	The Abbey of Our Lady of Igny (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny;
Other names	Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny
Order	Cistercian, Trappist
Established	1126-1128, 1876, 1929
Disestablished	1790-1874 and 1914-1929
Mother house	Cîteaux Abbey, France
Dedicated to	Virgin Mary
Diocese	Reims
People
Founder(s)	Rainaud II de Martigny, Archbishop of Reims
Important associated figures	Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Blessed Abbot Guerric of Igny, Blessed Abbot Gerard of Clairvaux, Gaucher V de Châtillon
Site
Location	Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France.

Igny Abbey or Val d'Igny Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny) is a Cistercian abbey located in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France. It was founded in 1128 for Cistercian monks, dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution, re-established in 1876 for Trappist monks, destroyed in 1918, reopened in 1929 for Trappist nuns and modernised in 2008–12 to accommodate three or four pre-existing communities.