Goujon

Title

Goujon

Also Known As

Goion, Goionis, Goyon

Dates

Founded ca. 1135; Cistercian from ca. 1165; dissolved ca. 1450

Dedication

Laurent

Affiliation

Case-Dieu

Medieval Diocese

Auch

Circary

Gascony

History

The early history of the abbey of Goujon is unclear. It appears to have been founded ca. 1135, and certainly before the mid-1150s, by Bernard, abbot of La Case Dieu with the support of Guillaume II d'Andozille de Montaut, archbishop of Auch. It was initially a Premonstratensian house, possibly of sisters originally from La Case Dieu, possibly a men's priory.

Goujon either joined the Cistercian Order by 1165, or the site was refounded as a Cistercian house by that date. This community existed until ca. 1450.

Status

Priory? Women's community?

Bibliography

Fons, Victor. “L’abbaye de Goujon.” Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Midi de la France 7 (1860): 335–41. https://books.google.com/books?id=1_3iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA335.

Leblanc, Gratien. “L’église de l’abbaye des moniales de Goujon, étude historique et archéologique.” In Mélanges saint Bernard: 24e Congrès de l’Association bourguignonne des sociétés savantes (8e centenaire de la mort de saint Bernard), 350–58, 1954.

Image Credit

Goujon as shown on the Cassini map of France, ca. 1750. David Rumsey Map Collection.

Files

Collection

Gascony

Citation

“Goujon,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/409.

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