Epitaph Of Brother Ponce De Mornac (13th Century), Monk Of Lézat-sur-lèze (ariège) And Monts

38 x 44 cm.

The Abbey of Saint-Antoine-et-Saint-Pierre in Lézat was a Cluniac abbey founded around the 10th century. It exerted significant regional influence and owned numerous dependent priories in the Midi.

Brother Ponce de Mornac (Poncius de Mornaco) was a Benedictine monk at this abbey. He appears in several charters in the Lézat cartulary and is mentioned as prior of the priory of Monts.

He died in 1281 (MCCLXXXI).

Source: “Le Corpus des inscriptions de la France médiévale” (1969), by Robert Favreau at the Center for Advanced Studies in Medieval Civilization (CESCM) and published by the CNRS. Chapter 5 “Lézat-sur-Lèze” (pages 13 and 14).