Santo Spirito d'Ocre

The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre (Italian: Monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre) was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.

Cistercian Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre

Location within Italy
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1248
Disestablished	1692
Mother house	Santa Maria Casanova
Diocese	L'Aquila
Site
Location	Ocre, Italy
Coordinates	42.284288°N 13.494885°E / 42.284288; 13.494885
Public access	yes

History

The fortified monastery was built in 1226 on an ancient religious building, existing since 1222. In 1248 Santo Spirito became a Cistercian abbey, founded by the mother abbey of Casanova, line of Clairvaux, and it was ruled by the Cistercians until 1692.

Architecture

The monastery is a fortified building, with walls all around the abbey and a very small number of windows and doors.

Inside the walls, all the usual components of a monastery are still in place, with the church on the north side and the remaining rooms of the abbey in the two buildings on the west and east sides.

See also

• List of Cistercian monasteries

Bibliography

• Mammarella, Luigi (1995). "Santo Spirito d'Ocre". Abbazie e monasteri cistercensi in Abruzzo (in Italian). Cerchio (AQ): Adelmo Polla Editore. p. 101-109. ISBN 8874070276.
• Santangelo, Enrico (2002). "Il monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre". Castelli e tesori d'arte della Media Valle dell'Aterno (in Italian). Pescara: Carsa Edizioni. p. 49-56. ISBN 88-501-0051-5.
• Latini, Marialuce (2000). "Il monastero fortificato di Santo Spirito d'Ocre". Guida ai Castelli d'Abruzzo (in Italian). Pescara: Carsa Edizioni. p. 55. ISBN 88-501-0051-5.

External links

• "Chiesa di Santo Spirito" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
• Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Originum Cisterciensium - in quo, praemissis congregationum domiciliis adjectisque tabulis chronologico-genealogicis, veterum abbatiarum a monachis habitatarum fundationes ad fidem antiquissimorum fontium primus descripsit (in Latin). Vol. I. Vienna: Puthod. p. 341. Retrieved December 30, 2014.