Bellecombe
Community ID: 
 
1597
 
Town: 
 
Yssingeaux
 
Diocese: 
 
Le Puy
 
Region: 
 
6C
 
Medieval Location: 
 
in the Auvergne
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Abbey
 
Date Founded: 
 
1130-39, according to Berman; but possibly as late as 1148
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Foundation Information: 
 

According to Berman, this house dates to the 1130s or earlier. The community was later attached to Cîteaux along with the congregation of Mazan.

 
Dependent Communities: 
 

Nonenque

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Abbayes et prieurés de l'ancienne France: recueil historique des archevêchés, évêchés, abbayes et prieurés de France, vol. 5, p. 166; Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. 7, p. 837; Gallia christiana, vol. 2, p. 773; Were There Twelfth-Century Cistercian Nuns?

 
Contributors: 
 
Bruce L. Venarde
 
Date Started: 
 
1130
 
Length: 
 
358