Dom Mabillon's home, located in Saint-Pierremont in the Ardennes, is a modest 17th-century home, marked by its simple appearance and its present state of disrepair. It is distinguished by a door and a window on the ground floor, as well as an opening on the floor, surmounted by a beutquette. A plaque, which today is not legible, reminds us that this place saw the birth of Jean Mabillon, Benedictine monk and renowned historian. The house integrates into an alignment of dwellings, on a street bearing his name, slightly in retreat from the local church.
Acquired in 1878 by Abbé Lourdet, the house was bequeathed to the archepiscopal mensa of Reims in the hope of ensuring its conservation. However, after the separation of the Church and the State in 1910, it became the property of the Ardennes department, which put it on sale. Thanks to the intervention of the departmental archivist, the Society of Friends of the School of Charters acquired it. The building was finally listed as historical monuments by order of 28 February 1927.
This place of memory, though modest, embodies the intellectual heritage of Jean Mabillon, a major figure of Benedictine erudition. Its inscription as a historic monument underlines its heritage importance, linked to both the local history of the Ardennes and the French cultural history. The house remains a tangible testimony of the life of a scientist whose work marked monastic historiography.
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