 Main entrance, 2016 | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Abbey of Our Lady of Igny (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; |
| Other names | Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny |
| Order | Cistercian, Trappist |
| Established | 1126-1128, 1876, 1929 |
| Disestablished | 1790-1874 and 1914-1929 |
| Mother house | Cîteaux Abbey, France |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary |
| Diocese | Reims |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Rainaud II de Martigny, Archbishop of Reims |
| Important associated figures | Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Blessed Abbot Guerric of Igny, Blessed Abbot Gerard of Clairvaux, Gaucher V de Châtillon |
| Site | |
| Location | Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France. |
Igny Abbey or Val d'Igny Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val d'Igny) is a Cistercian abbey located in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France. It was founded in 1128 for Cistercian monks, dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution, re-established in 1876 for Trappist monks, destroyed in 1918, reopened in 1929 for Trappist nuns and modernised in 2008–12 to accommodate three or four pre-existing communities.