Couvent des Célestins
The Couvent des Célestins ("Convent of the Celestines") was an ancient convent located near the Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, active between 1254 and 1790.
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It was the second most important burial site for royalty after the Basilique Saint-Denis. The prestigious convent was located nearby Hôtel Saint-Pol, the favourite residence of Charles V and Charles VI in the area of the Marais. Many of the high-ranking princes from their court were buried in the convent.
However the convent was desecrated during the French Revolution.[1] After the revolution, some of the tombstones were recovered by Alexandre Lenoir. In particular the tombstone of the Latin king Leon V of Armenia was placed in his Musée des monuments Français, and later in the Saint-Denis Basilica.
The convent gave its name to the modern Quai des Célestins.
Notes
- Mutafian, p.90
References
- Mutafian, Claude (2001). Le Royaume Arménien de Cilicie. Paris: CNRS Editions. ISBN 2271051053.
- Claude Mutafian, Leon V of Lusignan, last king of Armenia
- Pierre-Yves Le Pogam, Tomb of Leon V de Lusignan