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| name | Melleray | |
| latin name | Mellerium | |
| founded in | 1145 | |
| inhabited by | monks | |
| primary abbey | Cîteaux | |
| first mother abbey | Pontront | |
| daughter abbeys | ||
| dissolved in | 1794 | |
| reinhabited in | 1817 | |
| inhabited by | monks | |
| affiliated to | Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae | |
| refounded by | La Val-Sainte at Lulworth | |
| father immediate | Cîteaux | |
| doughter abbeys 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | - Mount Melleray 1832 - Gethsemani 1848 - Fontgombault 1853 (founded by Bellefontaine 1849, taken over by Melleray 1853, suppr. 1903-1909) - Divielle 1870, suppressed 1930 - La Patrie 1880 (potential refuge in Canada), suppressed in 1892 - Wood-Barton 1902 (refuge), suppressed 1920 | |
| to visit | ||
| address 
 
 | Abbaye N.-D. de Melleray F-44520 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne France | |
| phone | [33] (2) 40 55 26 00 | |
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