Étival (Saint-Pierre)
Title
Étival (Saint-Pierre)
Dates
Founded ca. 7th c.; Premonstratensian from 1146; dissolved 1790
Dedication
Peter
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Étival was likely founded in the mid-7th century as a community of canons. From 1145, it was a Premonstratensian house. It was likely a double house at its origin, and later was a house of just men. The abbot of Étival was a vassal of the powerful abbess of Andlau.
Étival became a commendatory abbey in the 1770s. The abbey's tower was destroyed in 1944.
Étival became a commendatory abbey in the 1770s. The abbey's tower was destroyed in 1944.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Gilbert, 1146-1150
Hugues I, 1150-1158
Ramband fl. bef. 1168
Gautier, (1168-1176/77
Garnier, 1176/77-?
Gerard, ?
Hamandus, ?
Albert, ?
Nicolas, ?
Vidric, ?
Hugues II, ?-1222
Étienne, ?
Richier, ?
Lisiard, ?
Thierry, ?
Philippe, ?
Gérard II de Ville, 1289-1310
Simon, 1310-1312
Gérard III de Ville, 1313-1328
Dominique de Rambervillers, 1328-1337
Albert d’Onville, 1337
Thierry II de Moulin, 1337/38-1341
Pierre I, 1341-1356
Dominique II de Nancy, 1356-1387/88
Guillaume de Malhoste de Lunéville, 1388?-1421
Dominique III de Midrevaux, 1421-1450
Gérard IV d’Essey, 1450-1481
Pierre II de Corcieux, 1481-1485
François Fagnozel (or Fagnosey), 1485-1515
Jean Féal, 1515-1516
Didier Banviet, 1516-1544
Jean II Banviet, 1544-1554
Gilbert, 1146-1150
Hugues I, 1150-1158
Ramband fl. bef. 1168
Gautier, (1168-1176/77
Garnier, 1176/77-?
Gerard, ?
Hamandus, ?
Albert, ?
Nicolas, ?
Vidric, ?
Hugues II, ?-1222
Étienne, ?
Richier, ?
Lisiard, ?
Thierry, ?
Philippe, ?
Gérard II de Ville, 1289-1310
Simon, 1310-1312
Gérard III de Ville, 1313-1328
Dominique de Rambervillers, 1328-1337
Albert d’Onville, 1337
Thierry II de Moulin, 1337/38-1341
Pierre I, 1341-1356
Dominique II de Nancy, 1356-1387/88
Guillaume de Malhoste de Lunéville, 1388?-1421
Dominique III de Midrevaux, 1421-1450
Gérard IV d’Essey, 1450-1481
Pierre II de Corcieux, 1481-1485
François Fagnozel (or Fagnosey), 1485-1515
Jean Féal, 1515-1516
Didier Banviet, 1516-1544
Jean II Banviet, 1544-1554
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Colmar, Archives d'Alsace
12 H
Épinal, Archives départementales des Vosges
17 H 1 - 17 H 72 (10th-19th c.)
2 J 9 (12th-18th c.)
Nancy, Bibliothèque municipale
MS 1007 (17th c.; inventory)
MS 1008 (18th c.; history)
MS 1009 (18th c.; library catalogue)
MS 1132 (16th-18th c.; necrology)
MS 1235 (19th c.; inventory)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale
nouv. acq. fr. 3625, no. 18 (1366)
nouv. acq. lat. 298 (14th-17th c.; obituary)
nouv. acq. lat. 2365, fol. 45 (12th-14th c.)
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Médiathèque de La Boussole
MS 6 (12th c.; Isidori Etymologiæ)
MS 31 (14th c.; Historia scolastica)
MS 35 (1459; miscellany)
MS 71 (18th c.; library catalogue)
MS 80
MS 264 (19th c.; inventory)
MS 388 (Later charter copy)
MS 393 (19th c.)
MS 834
MS 835
12 H
Épinal, Archives départementales des Vosges
17 H 1 - 17 H 72 (10th-19th c.)
2 J 9 (12th-18th c.)
Nancy, Bibliothèque municipale
MS 1007 (17th c.; inventory)
MS 1008 (18th c.; history)
MS 1009 (18th c.; library catalogue)
MS 1132 (16th-18th c.; necrology)
MS 1235 (19th c.; inventory)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale
nouv. acq. fr. 3625, no. 18 (1366)
nouv. acq. lat. 298 (14th-17th c.; obituary)
nouv. acq. lat. 2365, fol. 45 (12th-14th c.)
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Médiathèque de La Boussole
MS 6 (12th c.; Isidori Etymologiæ)
MS 31 (14th c.; Historia scolastica)
MS 35 (1459; miscellany)
MS 71 (18th c.; library catalogue)
MS 80
MS 264 (19th c.; inventory)
MS 388 (Later charter copy)
MS 393 (19th c.)
MS 834
MS 835
Reference
Bibliography
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De Meulemeester, Maurice. “Deux documents concernant l’abbaye d’Etival à la bibliothèque de Saint-Dié.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 3 (1927): 194–98.
Georgel, Marc Antoine. L’abbaye d’Étival, ordre de prémontré du XIIe au XVIIIe siècle: d’après les manuscrits de l’abbé Marie-Camille Idoux, les documents d’archives et les travaux historiques récents. Bibliotheca Analectorum Praemonstratensium 3. Averbode: Imprimerie E. Warny, 1962.
Idoux, M.C. “Études sur l’abbaye d’Étival. Relations d’Étival avec les monastères alsaciens d’Andlau et de Hohenbourg.” Annales de la Société d’émulation des Vosges 89 (1913): 1–108. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k334023/f75.item.
Lamy, Hugues. “L’abbé Hugo d’Etival et la coopération des abbayes belges à son oeuvre historique.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 1, no. 1 (1925): 174–86. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015036708355?urlappend=%3Bseq=186%3Bownerid=2294353-196.
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Matter, J. “Notice sur les abbayes d’Estival, Moyenmoutier et Senones et trois manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de Saint-Dié.” Revue d’Alsace 3 (1852): 49–68. https://books.google.com/books?id=TgsSBY2pHmMC&pg=PA49.
Petitdemange, André. Senones, Moyenmoutier, Étival: pays d’abbayes en Lorraine. Senones: Editions Dominique Guéniot, 2007.
Steger, Michelle. “La bibliothèque de l’abbaye d’Étival.” In Actes du 7 Colloque du C.E.R.P., 115–18. Amiens: C.E.R.P., 1984.
Taillard, Monique. “Charles-Louis Hugo, abbé d’Étival, historiographe de la Lorraine.” In Les Prémontrés et la Lorraine: XIIe-XVIIIe siècle, edited by Dominique-Marie Dauzet and Martine Plouvier, 293–304. Bibliothèque Beauchesne Religions Société Politique 33. Paris: Beauchesne, 1998.
Image Credit
The abbey of Étival, 2008. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Étival (Saint-Pierre),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/156.
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