Couvent des Célestins

The Couvent des Célestins (In English: Convent of the Celestines), was an ancient convent located near the Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, active between 1254 and 1790.

Original tomb of Leon V of Armenia, in the Couvent des Célestins, Paris.

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 in the Saint-Denis Basilica.

The convent gave its name to the modern Quai des Célestins.

Notes
  1. 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 Pogram, Tomb of Leon V de Lusignan

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