L’abbaye Notre-Dame de Koad Malouen (Coatmaloen) is a Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Kerpert in the Côtes-d'Armor. Its history begins in 1142 according to the chanoine Perennes, or 1142 according to others. The abbey's existence is part of a large European movement of monastery creations supported by Breton rulers and promoted by Saint Bernard de Clairvaux through the Charter of Charity (1113). It was founded by monks from Pluskoad in Bégard (1130), the first Cistercian abbey in the region.
Today, only an 18th-century abbey without a roof remains, along with a majestic façade topped with a triangular fronton. The monastery is situated on the border of Cornouaille and Trégor, about twenty kilometers south of Guingamp, near the D 767. It is located in the old parish of Ploegeau, which is now divided into three communes: Kerpert, Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux, and Saint-Connan. The ruins were listed as a historical monument by decree in 1964.
Over six centuries of history, the abbey alternated between difficult and more comfortable periods. In 1502, the abbey passed to the "Régime de la commende." The history of the abbey reached its end with the death of its last two monks, Dom Jean Meslays and Dom Augustin Pascal, who died on a day in 1796.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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