Egres Abbey

Egres Abbey (Hungarian: Egresi ciszterci monostor; Romanian: Mănăstirea Igriș; French: Abbaye de Hégerieux) was a Cistercian monastery in the Kingdom of Hungary, located in Egres (present-day Igriș, part of the commune of Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania). The Egres Abbey was founded by Béla III of Hungary 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.

References
  1. Magister Rogerius, Carmen miserabile
  2. Novák Lajos, Az egresi cisterci apátság története ("History of the Cistercian Abbey of Egres"), Budapest, 1892.
  3. Christopher Mielke, No Country for old Women. Burial Practices of Hungarian Queens (975-1301), University of Maryland 2010, p. 28 et. seq.

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