Vanault-les-Dames

Title

Vanault-les-Dames

Also Known As

Prioratus de Wasnon ad Dominas, Vanaudium ad Dominas, Vanaudium-ad-Dominas, Vanaux, Vandium, Vanon-les-Nonnains, Wandium, Wasnau, Wasnon, Wasnoo

Dates

Founded 1135; dissolved 1570s

Dedication

Mary; Remy

Affiliation

Verdun

Medieval Diocese

Châlons

Circary

Lorraine

History

Vanault-les-Dames was home to a community of sisters dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Saint-Paul de Verdun until about the mid-13th century. After this point it was a priory of men only.

In 1573, the priory was merged with the Hospital of the Holy Cross in Joinville.

Status

Women's community; later men's priory

Bibliography

Hirschmann, Frank G. “Recherches sur Vanault-les-Dames et Vanault-le-Châtel du 10e au 13e siècle.” In Vivre au village en Champagne à travers les siècles, edited by Patrick Demouy and Charles Vulliez, 123–35. Reims, 2000.

Image Credit

"Vano les Dames" as shown on the Cassini Map, 18th century.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Vanault-les-Dames,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/261.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Verdun