Aubeterre
Title
Aubeterre
Also Known As
Albaterra, Albapetra, Aubepierre, Escolette, Saincte Perronelle d'Aulbeterre
Dates
Founded 12th c.; dissolved early 17th c.
Dedication
Gervais and Protais; Petronilla
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Aubeterre was founded by husband and wife Gilbert and Poncia and their daughter Pétronille. It was dependent on the nearby Premonstratensian abbey of Neuffontaines, itself founded by Gilbert. Few documents referring to the community before the early sixteenth century survive.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Aubeterre was under the authority of the abbot of Neuffontaines, who appointed the community's prioress. However, it is not clear whether the sisters living there still identified as Premonstratensian. The prioress Magdelaine de Symiers (d. 1603) first entered the religious life in the Benedictine monastery of Marcigny-les-Nonnains.
Aubeterre was suppressed in the first half of the 17th century and it became a simple priory of Neuffontaines. The community's chapel, still extant, contains 13/14th century frescoes.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Aubeterre was under the authority of the abbot of Neuffontaines, who appointed the community's prioress. However, it is not clear whether the sisters living there still identified as Premonstratensian. The prioress Magdelaine de Symiers (d. 1603) first entered the religious life in the Benedictine monastery of Marcigny-les-Nonnains.
Aubeterre was suppressed in the first half of the 17th century and it became a simple priory of Neuffontaines. The community's chapel, still extant, contains 13/14th century frescoes.
Heads of Community
Prioresses
Pétronille, fl. 1150s
Poncia, fl. 1150s
Gasparde de Chaussecourte, fl. 1550s
Antoinette de Seymiers, fl. 1579
Magdelaine de Seymiers, ?-1603
Diane d'Apchon, fl. 1603
Pétronille, fl. 1150s
Poncia, fl. 1150s
Gasparde de Chaussecourte, fl. 1550s
Antoinette de Seymiers, fl. 1579
Magdelaine de Seymiers, ?-1603
Diane d'Apchon, fl. 1603
Status
Women's community
Archival Sources
Clermont-Ferrand, Archives départementales Puy-de-Dôme
16 H 154 (17th century)
16 H 154 (17th century)
Reference
Bibliography
Bourret, A. “Saint Gilbert, fondateur d’Aubeterre et de Neuffonts, deux monastères prémontrés en terre bourbonnaise.” Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de Vichy et des Environs 3 (1948 1947): 127–31.
Carré, Philippe. “Au pays de Saint Gilbert, Aubeterre et Neuffonts.” In Grandes et petites figures de l’ordre de Prémontré. Les prémontrés et la justice. Actes officiels des 36e et 37e colloques du Centre d’Études et de Recherches Prémontrées. Auvergne, 2010 - Normandie, 2011, edited by Martine Plouvier, 51–62. Laon: Centre d’études et de recherches prémontrées, 2017.
Génermont, Marcel. “Les édifices religieux visités par l’excursion.” Bulletin de la Société d’émulation du Bourbonnais 30 (1927): 369–78. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54413257/f389.item.
Guy, André. “La chapelle d’Aubeterre.” Bulletin de la Société d’émulation du Bourbonnais, 1954, 481–86.
Malvielle, Georges. “Le prieuré d’Aubeterre (Broût-Vernet). Ses prieures et prieurs.” Bulletin de la Société d’émulation du Bourbonnais, 1952 1951, 111–17.
Tiersonnier, Philippe. “Une communication relative à la chapelle de l’ancien prieuré d’Aubeterre.” Bulletin de la Société d’émulation du Bourbonnais 10 (1902): 80–82. https://books.google.com/books?id=7WDNAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA80.
Viple, Joseph. “Neuffonts et Aubeterre.” Bulletin de la Société d’émulation du Bourbonnais 30 (1927): 344–56. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54413257/f360.item.
Image Credit
Exterior, Aubeterre, 2012. Wikimedia.
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Last Updated
Oct. 2026.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Aubeterre,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/102.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Neuffontaines |