Armorial Revel (1450-1460)
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Hospitaller commandery of Saint-Jean-des-Prés is thought to have been founded around 1160, with the involvement of Count Guy II of Forez (1130–1206). In 1181, the same count confirmed its possessions, among which was the place known as Pratum, where the church and other buildings had been erected. The commandery belonged to the Auvergne langue (province). After the suppression of the Order of the Temple in 1312, the property of many Templar commanderies passed into the hands of the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; in this context, the commandery of Montbrison took possession of those of Verneuil and Lyand, both also located in the Loire department.
La vida d’aquesta casa es va extingir amb la Revolució i la venda dels seus béns l’any 1793. Aquest procés va comportar la pèrdua o transformació de gran part de les seves estructures, situació que es va prolongar fins a la segona meitat del segle XX. L’any 1998 el lloc fou adquirit per la societat científica La Diana, que se n’encarrega de la restauració. Només s’ha conservat l’església, possiblement dels segles XII-XIII, amb modificacions antigues i, sobretot, d’època moderna, quan fou reutilitzada com a habitatge.
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The Benedictine priory of Sainte-Eugénie is located in the former territory of Moingt, now incorporated into the commune of Montbrison. The site on which it was established had been occupied since antiquity and constitutes a notable archaeological area, with a Roman-period thermal complex known as Aquae Segetae. In the medieval period, a tithe barn was established there, the Maison de Palais, which in 1254 passed into the hands of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu (Haute-Loire) as a priory, whose main function was to supply wine to that community.
At the end of the 13th century, or at the beginning of the 14th, a chapel was built, which was later dedicated to Sainte-Eugénie. During the 16th century the site was in decline, and in 1691 it was sold. After the Revolution, in 1804, it served as a refuge for the Poor Clares of Montbrison, who remained there until 1821. It later housed industrial activities and, in the second half of the 19th century, was converted into a residence. In 1981 it became public property, allowing archaeological research to begin and its recovery to be undertaken. In addition to the rectangular-plan church, remains of the Roman baths, the tithe barn and the priory itself have been preserved.
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