Fille Dieu

Romont, Switzerland / Female

Location

Official nameAbbaye N.-D. de la Fille-Dieu
Number17
AddressRoute de Fribourg 2, Romont, Switzerland
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Contact Information

Telephone[41] (26) 651 90 10
Community emailoffice@fille-dieu.ch
Websitewww.fille-dieu.ch
SuperiorMère Marie-Claire Pauchard, Abbesse 1999

Other Information

Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Lausannensis (Lausanne)
OCSO regionREI
OriginsFounded 1268; under the direct administration of the Holy See in 1848; under that of the bishop in 1874; reintegrated into the Order in 1905
History
  • Foundation by three young ladies of Villa in 1265.
  • 1268: Erected as a priory by Mgr Jean de Cossonay, bishop of Lausanne
  • 1350: Erected as an abbey by the Sovereign Pontiff Clement VI
  • Beneplacitum of the Holy See: 1273 (His Holiness Gregory X); 1350 (His Holiness Clement VI)
  • Beneplacitum of the Ordinary: 1268 Mgr Jean de Cossonay
  • Acts of the General Chapter: 1905 (incorporation)
  • 1268 Since its foundation Fille-Dieu has enjoyed the good will and protection of the House of Savoie.
  • 134, 10 April: consecration of the church by the archbishop of Anvers Henri Blanc, since the bishop of Lausanne was ill.
  • Privileges: pontifical abbey, solemn vows, abbess elected for life.
  • 1280 -1283, Fille-Dieu is placed under the paternity of the abbey of Haut-Crêt until 1536, when this latter was suppressed (abbey of the Order of Cîteaux)
  • 1593 An act of the general chapter placed la Fille-Dieu under the paternity of Hauterive, until 1848, when it was suppressed.
  • 1848 Fille-Dieu is placed under the direct administration of the Holy See by nuncios, until 1874, when the nunciature in Switzerland is suppressed.
  • 1874 The bishop of the diocese exercises jurisdiction in the name of the Holy See with a personal delegation.
  • 1905, 15 September: the General Chapter votes to receive la Fille-Dieu and gives the abbot of Our Lady of the Mount of Olives (Oelenberg), Dom François Strunck, as father immediate. (1905-1917)
  • 1906, 3 April: by indult of the Sacred Congregation, Fille-Dieu is reconnected to Cîteaux.
  • 1906 September 1, first visit of the Abbot General of the Order, Mgr Marre.
  • 1920 The general chapter places la Fille-Dieu under the paternity of Ste Marie du Mont (Mont-des-Cats).
  • 1931 The community adopts the constitutions of the Order in their entirety.
  • 1954 The Sacred Congregation decides that henceforth the community should be under the ordinary of Fribourg, no longer ad personam, but under the same title as all the other communities of the Order.
Father immediateHaut-Crêt (1280-1536); Hauterive (1593-1848); Oelenberg (1905-1919); puis Mont des Cats
Past superiors
  • The abbey was founded in 1265. This list begins with the 33rd abbess.
  • Lutgarde MÉNÉTREY — Abbess — 23/12/1883 – 19/10/1919
  • Marie-Gabriel RIME — Abbess — 23/12/1919 – 26/12/1934
  • Lutgarde FASEL — Abbess — 21/01/1935 – 24/07/1961
  • Regina CHAVAILLAZ — Abbess — 15/09/1961 – 08/09/1974
  • Hortense BERTHET — Sup. ad nutum — 08/09/1974 – 14/08/1975
  • Hortense BERTHET — Abbess — 14/08/1975 – 31/05/1999
Work/incomeMaking of altar breads. Maintenance of church linens. Icons (collages and painted)
Guest facilities7 rooms (12 beds)
TransportationGare destinataire : 1680 Romont/ FR (Canton de Fribourg)
Incorporated1905
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