Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont) was a Cistercian monastery, in present-day Longpont, Aisne, France.
It existed from 1131 to 1793, being founded by monks from the abbey of Clairvaux,CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Clairvaux at the behest of Jocelin of Soissons. There is now a hotel on the site, located in the old Cistercian inn. The roofless abbey church can be visited, along with the better-preserved buildings around the cloister. The original buildings suffered war damage in 1918.Picardie 14-18 ::. Vestiges de l'abbaye de Longpont
Its monks included Peter the Chanter and John de Montmirail.Catholic Encyclopedia: Soissons
Burials Raoul II, Count of Vermandois Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois Jean de Montmirail
References Pickard, Charlotte (2015) "Unequal Marriage in Medieval France: The Case of the Vermandois Heiresses" DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4286954.v1 Poquet, Monographie de l'abbaye de Longpont (Paris: 1869)
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