Igriș Abbey
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Igriş Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Sânpetru Mare
, Timiș County
, Romania
. The Igriş Abbey was founded in 1179 as a filial abbey of Pontigny
. Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present day Romania.
Here was buried king Andrew II of Hungary
and his second wife, Yolanda de Courtenay
.
Sânpetru Mare
Sânpetru Mare is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Igriş and Sânpetru Mare. It also included Saravale village until it was split off to form a separate commune in 2004. The village of Sânpetru Mic is in the neighboring commune of Variaş....
, Timiș County
Timis County
Timiș , , Banat Bulgarian: ) is a county of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. The Igriş Abbey was founded in 1179 as a filial abbey of Pontigny
Pontigny Abbey
Pontigny Abbey, founded in 1114 as the second of the four great daughter houses of Cîteaux Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery situated in the commune of Pontigny, on the River Serein, in the present diocese of Sens and department of Yonne, in Burgundy, France.-History:Hildebert , a canon of...
. Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present day Romania.
Here was buried king Andrew II of Hungary
Andrew II of Hungary
Andrew II the Jerosolimitan was King of Hungary and Croatia . He was the younger son of King Béla III of Hungary, who invested him with the government of the Principality of Halych...
and his second wife, Yolanda de Courtenay
Yolanda de Courtenay
Yolanda de Courtenay , Queen Consort of Hungary was the second wife of King Andrew II of Hungary.Yolanda was the daughter of Count Peter II of Courtenay and his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders, the sister of Baldwin I and Henry I, the Emperors of Constantinople...
.