name

Sainte-Marie-du-Rivet / Le Rivet

                      latin name

Sancta Maria de Riveto

                      founded in

9th century?

               cistercian since

1189

                    inhabited by

monks

                      founded by

Ponteaux

                 primary abbey

Pontigny

              daughter abbeys

                    dissolved in

1791

                  reinhabited in

1938 / 1939

                    inhabited by

nuns

                     affiliated to

Ordo Cisterciensis strict. observ.

                   refounded by

Blagnac

   actual father immediate

Désert

    actual daugther abbeys

                           to visit

                          address

Abbaye du Rivet

33124 Auros

France

                            phone

[+33] (0) 5 56 65 05 30

                                fax

[+33] (0) 5 56 65 05 39

                             email

abbesse.rivet@wanadoo.fr

                          internet

www.abbayesaintemariedurivet.com