This is a list of
Benedictine monasteries, extant and non-extant, in the present territory of France. It includes both monks and nuns following the
Rule of Saint Benedict, excluding the
Cistercians, for whom see
List of Cistercian monasteries in France. Some monasteries however belonged at various times in their histories to both the Benedictines and the Cistercians.
At different times these religious houses have formed various orders, congregations or groups, of which the main ones, as far as French monasteries are concerned, are the following:
The dates in brackets indicate the start and end dates of an abbey's status as a Benedictine monastery, which are not necessarily the same as the dates of its foundation or suppression. All religious houses in France were suppressed during the
French Revolution, most of them in 1791. Some communities were revived, and many more new ones established, during the 19th century, but were forced to leave France by anti-clerical legislation during the 1880s (principally the
Ferry Laws), and again in the first decades of the 20th century under the
Association Act, 1901 (the
Waldeck-Rousseau Law).
Abbeys and independent priories currently in operation are indicated by bold type.
Dependent priories are not generally noted in this list, except for a few unusually significant ones.
Argentan Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Argentan), nuns (transferred from Almenêches 1736; dispersed during the
French Revolution; reassembled at Vimoutiers in 1822; returned to Argentan in 1830 and 1958; refugees in Sées from 1944 to 1958) (
Argentan,
Orne)[6]
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Beaulieu or Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Sainte-Félicité de Beaulieu),
Diocese of Limoges, in the
Limousin (
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Corrèze)
Berteaucourt Abbey or Bertaucourt Abbey (Abbaye de Berteaucourt, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Berteaucourt-les-Dames; also Bertaucourt), nuns,
Diocese of Amiens (
Berteaucourt-les-Dames, Somme)
Abbey of St. Vincent, Besançon (Abbaye Saint-Vincent de Besançon), monks,
Diocese of Besançon (
Besançon, Doubs)
Abbaye des Blancs-Manteaux ("Abbey of the White Cloaks"), monks,
Diocese of Paris (Rue des Blancs-Manteaux,
4th arrondissement, Paris) (Servites 1258-74; Williamites 1298-1610; Benedictines 1618-1790; this was the first seat of the Congregation of Saint-Maur)
Bonneval Abbey (Abbaye de Bonneval, Abbaye Saint-Florentin or Abbaye Saint-Florentin et Saint-Hilaire de Bonneval), monks,
Diocese of Chartres (
Bonneval, Eure-et-Loir)
Bon-Secours Priory (Prieuré Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours), nuns (1648-1790),
Diocese of Paris (Rue de Charonne and Impasse Bon-Secours,
11th arrondissement, Paris)
Chassemidy Abbey or Chasse-midi Abbey (Abbaye du Chassemidy, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Consolation de Chasse-midy), nuns,
Diocese of Paris (Rue du Cherche-Midi,
5th and
16th arrondissements,
Paris)
Châtenoy Abbey or Châtenois Abbey (Abbaye de Châtenoy or Châtenois), monks,
Diocese of Toul (
Châtenois, Vosges)[27]
La Chaume Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Chaume), monks,
Diocese of Nantes (1055-1262) (
Machecoul, Loire-Atlantique)
Chaumes-en-Brie Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chaumes-en-Brie), monks,
Diocese of Sens (752-1747) (
Chaumes-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne)[28]
Les Chazeaux Abbey (Abbaye de Chazeaux-en-Forez), nuns (1332-1791; originally
Poor Clares, Benedictines from the early 17th century)
Diocese of Lyon (Chazeaux-en-Forez near
Firminy,
Loire; moved to
Lyon 1617)[29]
Condat Abbey (Abbaye de Condat, later Abbaye Saint-Oyend de Joux, later Abbaye du Grand-Saint-Claude), monks (
Saint-Claude, Jura): see also Great St Claude's Abbey
Cordillon Abbey, also Cordeillon Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Cordeillon or Cordillon), nuns,
Diocese of Bayeux (1201-?) (Cordillon-aux-Nonnains,
Lingèvres, Calvados)
Déols Abbey otherwise Bourg-Dieu (Abbaye Notre-Dame, Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Déols or Bourg-Dieu),
Diocese of Bourges (
Déols, Indre)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Déserte ("Our Lady of the Wasteland"), Poor Clares 1304-1503; Benedictine nuns 1503-Revolution,
Diocese of Lyon (on
La Croix-Rousse in the parish of La Platière, now part of
Lyon, Rhône)
Dieulouard Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Dieulouard), English Benedictine monks in exile (1608-?) (
Dieulouard, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Fémy Abbey (Abbaye de Fémy), monks,
Diocese of Cambrai (
Cambrai, Nord), (taken over as a ruin in 1621, by English Benedictine nuns, later at
Stanbrook Abbey, England)
Calvary Abbey, La Fère (Abbaye du Calvaire de La Fère), nuns,
Diocese of Laon (
La Fère, Aisne)
Glanfeuil Abbey (Abbaye de Glanfeuil, Abbaye Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil or Abbaye de Saint-Maur-sur-Loire), monks,
Diocese of Angers (Saint-Maur-sur-Loire in
Le Thoureil, Maine-et-Loire)
Hambye Abbey otherwise Hambie Abbey (Abbaye de Hambye or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Hambye or Hambie), monks,
Diocese of Coutances (1147-1790) (
Hambye, Manche)
Le Jard Abbey (Abbaye du Jard, Abbaye royale de Saint Jean-Baptiste du Jard, Abbaye Saint-Jean du Jard-de-la-Reine), nuns,
Diocese of Sens (
Voisenon, Seine-et-Marne)
Joncels Abbey or Jaucel Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Joncels or Jaucel), monks,
Diocese of Béziers (
Joncels, Hérault)
Abbey of Josaphat-lès-Chartres (Abbaye de Josaphat-lès-Chartres, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Josaphat), monks,
Diocese of Chartres (
Lèves, Eure-et-Loir)
Lay Priory (Prieuré de Lay), monks (
Hédouville, Val-d'Oise)
Lay Priory or Priory of St. Arnoul, Lay (Prieuré de Lay or Haute-Lay, Prieuré Saint-Arnoul de Lay), monks,
Diocese of Nancy (Haute-Lay in
Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Méobecq Abbey otherwise Meaubec Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Méobecq or Abbaye de Méobecq or Meaubec)
Diocese of Bourges (
Méobecq, Indre)
Moiremont Abbey otherwise Moirmont Abbey (Abbaye de Moiremont or Abbaye Saint Calocère et Saint-Parthénius de Moiremont or Moirmont), monks,
Diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (
Moiremont, Marne)
Moissac Abbey (Abbaye de Moissac, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre de Moissac or Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Moissac), monks,
Diocese of Cahors (
Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne)
Nesle Abbey otherwise Nielle Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Nesle-la-Reposte or Nielle), monks,
Diocese of Troyes (
Nesle-la-Reposte, Marne)
Neufbourg Abbey or Neubourg Abbey (Abbaye de Neubourg, Abbaye Notre-Dame et Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Neufbourg), nuns,
Diocese of Évreux (1637- ) (
Le Neufbourg, Eure)
Neuwiller Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Neuwiller-lès-Saverne) (
Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Bas-Rhin)
Poulangy Abbey otherwise Poulengy Abbey (Abbaye de Poulangy or Abbaye royale de Poulangy or Poulengy), nuns,
Diocese of Langres (
Poulangy, Haute-Marne)
Ribemont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Nicolas-des-Prés de Ribemont), monks,
Diocese of Laon (
Ribemont, Aisne)
Rocamadour Abbey or Roquamadour Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Rocamadour or Roquemadour), administratively in the
Diocese of Tulle but situated in the
Diocese of Cahors (
Rocamadour, Lot)
La Rochette Abbey or Abbey of St. Joseph de La Rochette (Abbaye Saint-Joseph de La Rochette, Abbaye de La Rochette), nuns (
Belmont-Tramonet, Savoie); founded in 1824 at the Château de la Rochette in Cuire-le-Bas,
Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône); became an abbey in 1837; moved to Belmont-Tramonet in 1970[67]
Abbey of St. Saturnin, Rodez (Abbaye Saint-Saturnin de Rodez or Abbaye de Saint-Sernin de Rodez), nuns,
Diocese of Rodez (
Rodez, Aveyron)
Ronceray Abbey (Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Ronceray), nuns,
Diocese of Angers (1028-?) (
Angers, Maine-et-Loire)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Miséricorde de Rosans, nuns,
Diocese of Gap (founded 1991) (
Rosans, Hautes-Alpes)
Abbey of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Rosheim (Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur de Rosheim), nuns (
Rosheim, Bas-Rhin)[68]
Saint-Chinian Abbey or Abbey of St Aignan, Saint-Chinian (Abbaye de Saint-Chinian or Abbaye Saint-Aignan de Saint-Chinian), monks,
Diocese of Saint-Pons (
Saint-Chinian, Hérault)
Abbey of St. Corentin or Abbey of Saint-Corentin-lès-Mantes (Abbaye Saint-Corentin, Abbaye de Saint-Corentin-lès-Mantes), nuns,
Diocese of Chartres (Saint-Corentin in
Septeuil, Yvelines)
Abbey of Saint-Crespin-le-Grand (Abbaye Saint-Crespin-le-Grand), monks,
Diocese of Soissons (
Soissons, Aisne)
Saint-Genou Abbey or Abbey of Saint-Genou-de-Saint-Genou or of Saint-Genou-de-l'Estrée (Abbaye Saint-Genou de Saint-Genou or de Saint-Genou-de-l'Estrée), monks,
Diocese of Bourges (
Saint-Genou, Indre)
Abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert otherwise Gellone Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert or Abbaye de Gellone), monks,
Diocese of Lodève (
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Choux or Abbey of St. John the Baptist, Saint-Jean-des-Choux (Abbaye de Saint-Jean-des-Choux, Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-des-Choux), nuns,
Diocese of Strasbourg (
Saint-Jean-Saverne, Bas-Rhin)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand or Abbey of St. Mary of Saint-Jean-le-Grand, Autun (Abbaye Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun or Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun), nuns,
Diocese of Autun (
Autun, Saône-et-Loire)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-de-Réôme, see Moutiers-Saint-Jean Abbey
Saint-Josse Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Josse or Abbaye de Saint-Josse-sur-Mer), monks,
Diocese of Amiens (
Saint-Josse, Pas-de-Calais)
Abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes otherwise Marnes Abbey (Abbaye de Marnes or Abbaye de Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) monks,
Diocese of Poitiers (
Marnes, Deux-Sèvres)[54]
Saint-Laumer Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Laumer), monks,
Diocese of Blois (
Blois, Loir-et-Cher)
Saint-Liguaire Abbey otherwise Saint-Léger Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Liguaire or Saint-Léger), monks,
Diocese of Saintes (Saint-Liguaire in
Niort, Deux-Sèvres)
St. Louis' Abbey, Metz (Abbaye Saint-Louis de Metz), nuns,[74]Diocese of Metz (
Metz, Moselle); founded 1761
Abbey of Saint-Louis-du-Temple, Vauhallan, otherwise Limon (Abbaye Saint-Louis-du-Temple de Vauhallan or Limon), nuns (1951-) (Limon in
Vauhallan, Essonne)[75]
Abbey of Saint-Loup-lès-Orléans or of Saint-Loup-sur-Loire (Abbaye de Saint-Loup-lès-Orléans or Saint-Loup-sur-Loire), nuns,
Diocese of Orléans (
Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Loiret)
Abbey of St. Mary of Saint-Jean-le-Grand of Autun, Colonne (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun à Colonne), nuns, later monks (
Colonne, Jura)
Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre otherwise Abbey of Saint-Mahé-de-Fine-Terre (Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre or Abbaye Saint-Mahé-de-Fine-Terre), monks,
Diocese of Léon (
Plougonvelin, Finistère)
Abbey of Saint-Sever-Calvados (Abbaye de Saint-Sever-Calvados, Abbey Notre-Dame de Saint-Sever-Calvados), monks,
Diocese of Coutances (
Saint-Sever-Calvados, Calvados)
Abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (Abbaye de Saint-Sever-de-Rustan), nuns (
Saint-Sever-de-Rustan, Hautes-Pyrénées)
Abbaye de Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt, see Abbaye du Nid-de-Merle
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien d'Autun), monks,
Diocese of Autun (
Autun, Saône-et-Loire)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Beauvais (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Beauvais), monks,
Diocese of Beauvais (
Beauvais, Oise)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Metz (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Metz), monks,
Diocese of Metz (
Metz, Moselle)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Thiers (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Thiers), monks,
Diocese of Clermont (
Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme)
Abbey of Saint-Théodard, Montauriol (Abbaye Saint-Théodard, Abbaye Saint-Théodard de Montauriol or en Quercy),
Diocese of Montauban (Montauriol,
Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne)
Abbey of Saint-Vincent-du-Luc otherwise Saudebonne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Vincent-du-Luc or de Saudebonne),
Diocese of Oloron (
Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Abbey of St. John, Sens (Abbaye Saint-Jean de Sens), nuns,
Diocese of Sens (
Sens, Yonne)
Seuilly Abbey otherwise Seuillé Abbey (Abbaye de Seuilly or Seuillé), monks,
Diocese of Tours (
Seuilly, Indre-et-Loire) (1100–1736)
La Sie Abbey, also La Sye Abbey, otherwise Abbey of La Sie-en-Brignon (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Sie-en-Brignon; otherwise Abbaye de la Sie or la Sye, Abbaye de Lassé, Abbaye de or du Brignon; Abbaye de l'Absie-en-Brignon[85]), monks (
Saint-Macaire-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire)
Val-de-Grâce Priory (Prieuré du Val-de-Grâce, formerly du Val Profond), nuns (12th century–1621; community transferred to Paris to form Val-de-Grâce Abbey) (
Bièvres, Essonne)
Vielmur Abbey, otherwise Villemur or Vieil-Mur Abbey (Abbaye de Vielmur, Villemur or Vieil-Mur; also Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Sagne), nuns,
Diocese of Castres (
Vielmur-sur-Agout, Tarn)
Yzeure Priory otherwise Yzeure Abbey (Abbaye d'Yzeure, Prieuré Saint-Pierre d'Yzeure), nuns (a Benedictine abbey until c 1151, when it became a priory of Saint-Menoux Abbey) (
Yzeure, Allier)[101][102]
Notes
^The English Congregation returned to England because of the
French Revolution and now forms part of the Benedictine Confederation
^Daughters of Calvary (Bénédictines de Notre-Dame du Calvaire). Founded in 1634; transferred in 1976 to Kerbeneat in Plounéventer; merged in 2002 with Bouzy-la-Forêt.
^Mas-Grenier Abbey website; founded in the 19th century and suppressed during the Revolution; reoccupied in 1921 by the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration of Toulouse, exiled in 1904
^Website of the Abbaye Saint-Louis du Temple; this community was originally in the Abbey of Saint-Louis-du-Temple, in the remains of the former
Temple, Paris (1816-48); later in the Rue Monsieur in Paris (1851-1938); and then at
Meudon (1938-51)
^The town was known as Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842. The community of nuns was moved here after 1685 from Val-d'Osne in
Osne-le-Val, Haute-Marne, to re-settle the site of a destroyed Protestant church
^the original buildings became a hospital, which they remain; the abbey was re-established in 1810 in a former convent of the Capuchins, which was vacant by then
Gaussin, Pierre-Roger, nd: Les cohortes du Christ, Ouest-France
Gazeau, Véronique, 2007: Normannia monastica, princes normands et abbés bénédictins. Prosopograpie des abbés bénédictins (2 vols). Publications du CRAHM.
ISBN978-2-902685-38-7
Laffont, Robert, nd: Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome II-B)
Le Bras, G., Hourlier, J., Cocheril, M., 1979: Les ordres religieux, la vie et l'art. Tome 1: Monastères et communautés ; Les Bénédictins ; Les Cisterciens ; Les Chartreux ; Les ordres militaires. Flammarion: Paris.
ISBN2-08-010028-9
Schmitz, Philibert, 1942: Histoire de l'ordre de Saint-Benoît (2 vols). Maredsous: Les Éditions de Maredsous
This is a list of
Benedictine monasteries, extant and non-extant, in the present territory of France. It includes both monks and nuns following the
Rule of Saint Benedict, excluding the
Cistercians, for whom see
List of Cistercian monasteries in France. Some monasteries however belonged at various times in their histories to both the Benedictines and the Cistercians.
At different times these religious houses have formed various orders, congregations or groups, of which the main ones, as far as French monasteries are concerned, are the following:
The dates in brackets indicate the start and end dates of an abbey's status as a Benedictine monastery, which are not necessarily the same as the dates of its foundation or suppression. All religious houses in France were suppressed during the
French Revolution, most of them in 1791. Some communities were revived, and many more new ones established, during the 19th century, but were forced to leave France by anti-clerical legislation during the 1880s (principally the
Ferry Laws), and again in the first decades of the 20th century under the
Association Act, 1901 (the
Waldeck-Rousseau Law).
Abbeys and independent priories currently in operation are indicated by bold type.
Dependent priories are not generally noted in this list, except for a few unusually significant ones.
Argentan Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Argentan), nuns (transferred from Almenêches 1736; dispersed during the
French Revolution; reassembled at Vimoutiers in 1822; returned to Argentan in 1830 and 1958; refugees in Sées from 1944 to 1958) (
Argentan,
Orne)[6]
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Beaulieu or Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Sainte-Félicité de Beaulieu),
Diocese of Limoges, in the
Limousin (
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Corrèze)
Berteaucourt Abbey or Bertaucourt Abbey (Abbaye de Berteaucourt, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Berteaucourt-les-Dames; also Bertaucourt), nuns,
Diocese of Amiens (
Berteaucourt-les-Dames, Somme)
Abbey of St. Vincent, Besançon (Abbaye Saint-Vincent de Besançon), monks,
Diocese of Besançon (
Besançon, Doubs)
Abbaye des Blancs-Manteaux ("Abbey of the White Cloaks"), monks,
Diocese of Paris (Rue des Blancs-Manteaux,
4th arrondissement, Paris) (Servites 1258-74; Williamites 1298-1610; Benedictines 1618-1790; this was the first seat of the Congregation of Saint-Maur)
Bonneval Abbey (Abbaye de Bonneval, Abbaye Saint-Florentin or Abbaye Saint-Florentin et Saint-Hilaire de Bonneval), monks,
Diocese of Chartres (
Bonneval, Eure-et-Loir)
Bon-Secours Priory (Prieuré Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours), nuns (1648-1790),
Diocese of Paris (Rue de Charonne and Impasse Bon-Secours,
11th arrondissement, Paris)
Chassemidy Abbey or Chasse-midi Abbey (Abbaye du Chassemidy, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Consolation de Chasse-midy), nuns,
Diocese of Paris (Rue du Cherche-Midi,
5th and
16th arrondissements,
Paris)
Châtenoy Abbey or Châtenois Abbey (Abbaye de Châtenoy or Châtenois), monks,
Diocese of Toul (
Châtenois, Vosges)[27]
La Chaume Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Chaume), monks,
Diocese of Nantes (1055-1262) (
Machecoul, Loire-Atlantique)
Chaumes-en-Brie Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chaumes-en-Brie), monks,
Diocese of Sens (752-1747) (
Chaumes-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne)[28]
Les Chazeaux Abbey (Abbaye de Chazeaux-en-Forez), nuns (1332-1791; originally
Poor Clares, Benedictines from the early 17th century)
Diocese of Lyon (Chazeaux-en-Forez near
Firminy,
Loire; moved to
Lyon 1617)[29]
Condat Abbey (Abbaye de Condat, later Abbaye Saint-Oyend de Joux, later Abbaye du Grand-Saint-Claude), monks (
Saint-Claude, Jura): see also Great St Claude's Abbey
Cordillon Abbey, also Cordeillon Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Cordeillon or Cordillon), nuns,
Diocese of Bayeux (1201-?) (Cordillon-aux-Nonnains,
Lingèvres, Calvados)
Déols Abbey otherwise Bourg-Dieu (Abbaye Notre-Dame, Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Déols or Bourg-Dieu),
Diocese of Bourges (
Déols, Indre)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Déserte ("Our Lady of the Wasteland"), Poor Clares 1304-1503; Benedictine nuns 1503-Revolution,
Diocese of Lyon (on
La Croix-Rousse in the parish of La Platière, now part of
Lyon, Rhône)
Dieulouard Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Dieulouard), English Benedictine monks in exile (1608-?) (
Dieulouard, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Fémy Abbey (Abbaye de Fémy), monks,
Diocese of Cambrai (
Cambrai, Nord), (taken over as a ruin in 1621, by English Benedictine nuns, later at
Stanbrook Abbey, England)
Calvary Abbey, La Fère (Abbaye du Calvaire de La Fère), nuns,
Diocese of Laon (
La Fère, Aisne)
Glanfeuil Abbey (Abbaye de Glanfeuil, Abbaye Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil or Abbaye de Saint-Maur-sur-Loire), monks,
Diocese of Angers (Saint-Maur-sur-Loire in
Le Thoureil, Maine-et-Loire)
Hambye Abbey otherwise Hambie Abbey (Abbaye de Hambye or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Hambye or Hambie), monks,
Diocese of Coutances (1147-1790) (
Hambye, Manche)
Le Jard Abbey (Abbaye du Jard, Abbaye royale de Saint Jean-Baptiste du Jard, Abbaye Saint-Jean du Jard-de-la-Reine), nuns,
Diocese of Sens (
Voisenon, Seine-et-Marne)
Joncels Abbey or Jaucel Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Joncels or Jaucel), monks,
Diocese of Béziers (
Joncels, Hérault)
Abbey of Josaphat-lès-Chartres (Abbaye de Josaphat-lès-Chartres, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Josaphat), monks,
Diocese of Chartres (
Lèves, Eure-et-Loir)
Lay Priory (Prieuré de Lay), monks (
Hédouville, Val-d'Oise)
Lay Priory or Priory of St. Arnoul, Lay (Prieuré de Lay or Haute-Lay, Prieuré Saint-Arnoul de Lay), monks,
Diocese of Nancy (Haute-Lay in
Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Méobecq Abbey otherwise Meaubec Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Méobecq or Abbaye de Méobecq or Meaubec)
Diocese of Bourges (
Méobecq, Indre)
Moiremont Abbey otherwise Moirmont Abbey (Abbaye de Moiremont or Abbaye Saint Calocère et Saint-Parthénius de Moiremont or Moirmont), monks,
Diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (
Moiremont, Marne)
Moissac Abbey (Abbaye de Moissac, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre de Moissac or Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Moissac), monks,
Diocese of Cahors (
Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne)
Nesle Abbey otherwise Nielle Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Nesle-la-Reposte or Nielle), monks,
Diocese of Troyes (
Nesle-la-Reposte, Marne)
Neufbourg Abbey or Neubourg Abbey (Abbaye de Neubourg, Abbaye Notre-Dame et Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Neufbourg), nuns,
Diocese of Évreux (1637- ) (
Le Neufbourg, Eure)
Neuwiller Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Neuwiller-lès-Saverne) (
Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Bas-Rhin)
Poulangy Abbey otherwise Poulengy Abbey (Abbaye de Poulangy or Abbaye royale de Poulangy or Poulengy), nuns,
Diocese of Langres (
Poulangy, Haute-Marne)
Ribemont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Nicolas-des-Prés de Ribemont), monks,
Diocese of Laon (
Ribemont, Aisne)
Rocamadour Abbey or Roquamadour Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Rocamadour or Roquemadour), administratively in the
Diocese of Tulle but situated in the
Diocese of Cahors (
Rocamadour, Lot)
La Rochette Abbey or Abbey of St. Joseph de La Rochette (Abbaye Saint-Joseph de La Rochette, Abbaye de La Rochette), nuns (
Belmont-Tramonet, Savoie); founded in 1824 at the Château de la Rochette in Cuire-le-Bas,
Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône); became an abbey in 1837; moved to Belmont-Tramonet in 1970[67]
Abbey of St. Saturnin, Rodez (Abbaye Saint-Saturnin de Rodez or Abbaye de Saint-Sernin de Rodez), nuns,
Diocese of Rodez (
Rodez, Aveyron)
Ronceray Abbey (Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Ronceray), nuns,
Diocese of Angers (1028-?) (
Angers, Maine-et-Loire)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Miséricorde de Rosans, nuns,
Diocese of Gap (founded 1991) (
Rosans, Hautes-Alpes)
Abbey of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Rosheim (Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur de Rosheim), nuns (
Rosheim, Bas-Rhin)[68]
Saint-Chinian Abbey or Abbey of St Aignan, Saint-Chinian (Abbaye de Saint-Chinian or Abbaye Saint-Aignan de Saint-Chinian), monks,
Diocese of Saint-Pons (
Saint-Chinian, Hérault)
Abbey of St. Corentin or Abbey of Saint-Corentin-lès-Mantes (Abbaye Saint-Corentin, Abbaye de Saint-Corentin-lès-Mantes), nuns,
Diocese of Chartres (Saint-Corentin in
Septeuil, Yvelines)
Abbey of Saint-Crespin-le-Grand (Abbaye Saint-Crespin-le-Grand), monks,
Diocese of Soissons (
Soissons, Aisne)
Saint-Genou Abbey or Abbey of Saint-Genou-de-Saint-Genou or of Saint-Genou-de-l'Estrée (Abbaye Saint-Genou de Saint-Genou or de Saint-Genou-de-l'Estrée), monks,
Diocese of Bourges (
Saint-Genou, Indre)
Abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert otherwise Gellone Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert or Abbaye de Gellone), monks,
Diocese of Lodève (
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Choux or Abbey of St. John the Baptist, Saint-Jean-des-Choux (Abbaye de Saint-Jean-des-Choux, Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-des-Choux), nuns,
Diocese of Strasbourg (
Saint-Jean-Saverne, Bas-Rhin)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand or Abbey of St. Mary of Saint-Jean-le-Grand, Autun (Abbaye Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun or Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun), nuns,
Diocese of Autun (
Autun, Saône-et-Loire)
Abbey of Saint-Jean-de-Réôme, see Moutiers-Saint-Jean Abbey
Saint-Josse Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Josse or Abbaye de Saint-Josse-sur-Mer), monks,
Diocese of Amiens (
Saint-Josse, Pas-de-Calais)
Abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes otherwise Marnes Abbey (Abbaye de Marnes or Abbaye de Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) monks,
Diocese of Poitiers (
Marnes, Deux-Sèvres)[54]
Saint-Laumer Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Laumer), monks,
Diocese of Blois (
Blois, Loir-et-Cher)
Saint-Liguaire Abbey otherwise Saint-Léger Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Liguaire or Saint-Léger), monks,
Diocese of Saintes (Saint-Liguaire in
Niort, Deux-Sèvres)
St. Louis' Abbey, Metz (Abbaye Saint-Louis de Metz), nuns,[74]Diocese of Metz (
Metz, Moselle); founded 1761
Abbey of Saint-Louis-du-Temple, Vauhallan, otherwise Limon (Abbaye Saint-Louis-du-Temple de Vauhallan or Limon), nuns (1951-) (Limon in
Vauhallan, Essonne)[75]
Abbey of Saint-Loup-lès-Orléans or of Saint-Loup-sur-Loire (Abbaye de Saint-Loup-lès-Orléans or Saint-Loup-sur-Loire), nuns,
Diocese of Orléans (
Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Loiret)
Abbey of St. Mary of Saint-Jean-le-Grand of Autun, Colonne (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun à Colonne), nuns, later monks (
Colonne, Jura)
Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre otherwise Abbey of Saint-Mahé-de-Fine-Terre (Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre or Abbaye Saint-Mahé-de-Fine-Terre), monks,
Diocese of Léon (
Plougonvelin, Finistère)
Abbey of Saint-Sever-Calvados (Abbaye de Saint-Sever-Calvados, Abbey Notre-Dame de Saint-Sever-Calvados), monks,
Diocese of Coutances (
Saint-Sever-Calvados, Calvados)
Abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (Abbaye de Saint-Sever-de-Rustan), nuns (
Saint-Sever-de-Rustan, Hautes-Pyrénées)
Abbaye de Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt, see Abbaye du Nid-de-Merle
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien d'Autun), monks,
Diocese of Autun (
Autun, Saône-et-Loire)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Beauvais (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Beauvais), monks,
Diocese of Beauvais (
Beauvais, Oise)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Metz (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Metz), monks,
Diocese of Metz (
Metz, Moselle)
Abbey of St. Symphorian, Thiers (Abbaye Saint-Symphorien de Thiers), monks,
Diocese of Clermont (
Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme)
Abbey of Saint-Théodard, Montauriol (Abbaye Saint-Théodard, Abbaye Saint-Théodard de Montauriol or en Quercy),
Diocese of Montauban (Montauriol,
Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne)
Abbey of Saint-Vincent-du-Luc otherwise Saudebonne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Vincent-du-Luc or de Saudebonne),
Diocese of Oloron (
Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Abbey of St. John, Sens (Abbaye Saint-Jean de Sens), nuns,
Diocese of Sens (
Sens, Yonne)
Seuilly Abbey otherwise Seuillé Abbey (Abbaye de Seuilly or Seuillé), monks,
Diocese of Tours (
Seuilly, Indre-et-Loire) (1100–1736)
La Sie Abbey, also La Sye Abbey, otherwise Abbey of La Sie-en-Brignon (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Sie-en-Brignon; otherwise Abbaye de la Sie or la Sye, Abbaye de Lassé, Abbaye de or du Brignon; Abbaye de l'Absie-en-Brignon[85]), monks (
Saint-Macaire-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire)
Val-de-Grâce Priory (Prieuré du Val-de-Grâce, formerly du Val Profond), nuns (12th century–1621; community transferred to Paris to form Val-de-Grâce Abbey) (
Bièvres, Essonne)
Vielmur Abbey, otherwise Villemur or Vieil-Mur Abbey (Abbaye de Vielmur, Villemur or Vieil-Mur; also Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Sagne), nuns,
Diocese of Castres (
Vielmur-sur-Agout, Tarn)
Yzeure Priory otherwise Yzeure Abbey (Abbaye d'Yzeure, Prieuré Saint-Pierre d'Yzeure), nuns (a Benedictine abbey until c 1151, when it became a priory of Saint-Menoux Abbey) (
Yzeure, Allier)[101][102]
Notes
^The English Congregation returned to England because of the
French Revolution and now forms part of the Benedictine Confederation
^Daughters of Calvary (Bénédictines de Notre-Dame du Calvaire). Founded in 1634; transferred in 1976 to Kerbeneat in Plounéventer; merged in 2002 with Bouzy-la-Forêt.
^Mas-Grenier Abbey website; founded in the 19th century and suppressed during the Revolution; reoccupied in 1921 by the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration of Toulouse, exiled in 1904
^Website of the Abbaye Saint-Louis du Temple; this community was originally in the Abbey of Saint-Louis-du-Temple, in the remains of the former
Temple, Paris (1816-48); later in the Rue Monsieur in Paris (1851-1938); and then at
Meudon (1938-51)
^The town was known as Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842. The community of nuns was moved here after 1685 from Val-d'Osne in
Osne-le-Val, Haute-Marne, to re-settle the site of a destroyed Protestant church
^the original buildings became a hospital, which they remain; the abbey was re-established in 1810 in a former convent of the Capuchins, which was vacant by then
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