Vic-Fézensac

Title

Vic-Fézensac

Also Known As

Sta. Maria extra muros, Vic de Fesensac, Vic en Fesensac, Vicus Fesentiaci

Dates

Founded late 12th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Case-Dieu

Medieval Diocese

Auch

Circary

Gascony

History

A priory dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of La Case-Dieu. It had its origins in a hospital and waypoint for pilgrims on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

Heads of Community

Priors

Pierre I de Montesquiou, fl. 1275
Guillaume I de Marambat, fl. 1298
Pierre II de la Nujustita, 1454-?
Pierre III de Saint-Maurice, fl. 1466
Jean de La Nussa, 1477-1506
Guillaume II Duprat, 1506-1533
Pierre IV de Cassaignolles, 1533-1551

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Baqué, Zacharie. “Le monastère de N.-D. de Vic-Fezensac.” Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Gers, 1914, 55–64. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5476022b/f59.item.

Image Credit

Vic-Fezensac as shown on the Cassini Map, 18th century.

Files

Collection

Gascony

Citation

“Vic-Fézensac,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/191.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Case-Dieu