Belletanche

Title

Belletanche

Also Known As

Belle Stainche, Bellestage, Bellum Stagnum, Belétang, Stanche

Dates

Founded 12th century?; Celestine from 1502

Dedication

Mary Magdalene

Affiliation

Salival

Medieval Diocese

Metz

Circary

Lorraine

History

Originally a community of sisters dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Salival, it was a priory of brothers by the 1420s. Its history is poorly documented.

In 1502, Belletanche was ceded to the Celestines of Metz. A community of Vincentian sisters now occupies the site.

Status

Women's community, later priory

Archival Sources

Nancy, Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle

H 1240

Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas

MS 1750 (992, vol. 3), fol. 277r

Saint-Julien-lès-Metz, Archives départementales de la Moselle

H 4523-4528
J 831

Image Credit

Detail from Joan Blaeu, "Territorium Metense" (1665). David Rumsey Map Collection.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Belletanche,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/103.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Salival