Egres Abbey

Egres Abbey
Abația Igriș
Monastery information
OrderCistercians
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1179
Disestablished1514[1]
Mother housePontigny Abbey
Dedicated toSaint Mary[2]
People
Founder(s)Béla III of Hungary
Architecture
StatusDestroyed
Completion date1187
Site
LocationIgriș, Timiș County
CountryRomania
Coordinates46°7′23″N 20°44′20″E / 46.12306°N 20.73889°E / 46.12306; 20.73889

Egres Abbey (Hungarian: Egresi apátság; Romanian: Abația Igriș; French: Abbaye de Hégerieux) was a Cistercian monastery in the Kingdom of Hungary, located in Egres (present-day Igriș, part of the commune of Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania). The Egres Abbey was founded by Béla III of Hungary in 1179 as a filial abbey of Pontigny.[3] Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present-day Romania.

  1. ^ Borovszky, Samu (1911). "Csanád vármegye területe". Magyarország vármegyéi és városai. Budapest: Országos Monografia Társaság.
  2. ^ Stoicescu, Nicolae (1973). Bibliografia localităților și monumentelor medievale din Banat (PDF). Timișoara: Editura Mitropoliei Banatului. pp. 81–82.
  3. ^ Gerő, Lajos, ed. (1897). A Pallas nagy lexikona. Vol. V. Budapest: Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt.

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