Longpont, Saint-Sébastien
Building Data for Longpont, Saint-Sébastien
- Type: Abbey
- Affiliation: Cistercian
- Region: Picardie
- Department: Aisne
- Coords: 49.272, 3.2214
- Surveyed: 1980-83, 2003, 2015
Documents for Longpont, Saint-Sébastien
1192 or laterBody of Josselin taken to Longpont from Soissons. HUMATIS EST ANTE ALTARE SS APOSTOLORUM PETRI ET PAULI IN NAVI CATHEDRALIS SUESSONENSIS SUB TUMBA, INDETRANSLATUS IN MAUSOLAEUM INTRA ABSIDUM MURI PRESBYTERII ECCLESIAE LONGI-PONTIS AD LATIS EPISTOLAE... He was buried under a tomb in front of the altar of Saints Peter and Paul in the nave of the cathedral of Soissons, he was later translated to a mausoleum within the walls of the apse of the presbytery of the church of Longpont on the side of the Epistle... Source: GC, 1751, ix, col. 359. Remains of Josselin, d.1152, who had been buried in front of the altar of Soissons cathedral, were transported to Longpont. 1233 suggested by Muldrac, 1652, 36. Bruzelius, 1979, 39, note 171, questions this date. Document refers to foundation in 1132, and is signed by Josselin, bishop of Soissons. |
1214, 21 JuneEleonore, countess de Vermandois, gives oak for the stalls and the roof ITEM OBIIT AINORS, COMITISSA SANCTI QUINTINI QUAE DEDIT NOBIS TOTUM MIRRINUM, QUOD SUPERPOSITUM EST SUPER CAPUT ECCLESIAE NOSTRAE ET TOTUM MIRRINUM STALLARUM NOSTRARUM ET PER OPTIMAM VITREAM. Obit Ainors, countess of Saint-Quentin who dedicates to us all of the oak located above the head of our church and all of the oak for our stalls and for the best windows. Source: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Collection Balluze, xlvi, 463. This could have been given to the cathedral of Soissons, depending how the text is read. See Lefèvre-Pontalis, "L'église abbatiale de Longpont", pg. 411, who suggests Longpont; and Bruzelius, "Cistercian High Gothic", pg. 8, note10, who suggests Soissons. |
1227, 24 OctoberDedication MCCXXVII, NONO KALENDAS NOVEMBRIS, DEDICATA EST BASILICA ISTA ET ALTARE HOC CONSECRATUM... 1227, 9 calends of November, the basilica was dedicated and the high altar consecrated... Source: Muldrac, Antonio, Compendiosum abbatiae Longipontis suessionensis Chronicon, Paris, 1652, 234. Muldrac copied an inscription set onto the wall near the tomb of Jean de Montmirail. |