Corneux

Title

Corneux

Also Known As

Corneius, Corneolum, Corneolum, Corneuil, Corneyolum, Courneux

Dates

Founded 1134; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Laon

Medieval Diocese

Besançon

Circary

Burgundy

History

Originally founded as a priory in 1131 by Raimbaud, a canon of Besançon, Corneux joined the Premonstratensian Order in 1134 and was raised to the status of an abbey. The first brothers came from Laon. 

During the Middle Ages, Corneux enjoyed economic prosperity, though it was affected on a number of occasions by warfare and fires. The abbey was substantially rebuilt in the 18th century, and suppressed at the Revolution.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Wachelmus, 1134-1143
Martinus, 1146-1147
Ticelinus, 1153-1169
Petrus I, ?
Gervasius, 1185-1210
Radulfus, fl. 1225
Gulielmus I, fl. 1232
Pontius I, 1253-1261
Hugo, 1263-1267
Guido I le Pélerin, 1270-1282
Joannes I, 1282
Reginaldus I, 1283-1308
Gulielmus II d’Echevannes, 1314-1317
Guido II de Faverney, 1319-1324
Joannes I de Fondremand, 1328-1352
Odo, 1352-1353
Reginaldus II de Mathay, 1355-1360
Guido III de Fraisans, 1364-1385
Pontius II de Pierrejus, 1392-1413
Girardus I d’Arc, 1415-1426
Jacobus I de Beaujeu, fl. 1437
Girardus II Lanternier, 1438-1460
Joannes III Jouffoy, 1460-1479
Joannes IV Prévost, 1488-1489
Joannes V Marmier, 1490-1517
Joannes VI Mathieu, 1530-1547
Antoine Perchet, 1547-1576

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale

Coll. Chiflet, MS 2, fols. 131-132. (18th c.)

Coll. Droz, 46 (18th c.)

Coll. Dunand, MS 30, p. 443 (18th c.)

Fonds de l'Académie, 31, fols. 303-306. (18th c.)

Dijon, Archives départementales de Côte d'Or

1 H 857 (1210)

3 H 427 (1262-1298)

Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas

MS 1768 (995 vol 1), fols. 447-454

MS 1769 (995 vol. 2), fols. 203r-210r

Paris, Archives nationales de France

K//2164, Liasse 2 (1399-1630)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale

MS nouv. acq. fr. 8815, fols. 407r-411r.

Vesoul, Archives départementales de la Haute-Saône

279 Edepot 673 (1443-1450)

H 745 - H 849 (12th-18th c.; Finding Aid)

Bibliography

Gauthier, Jules. “L’église et les inscriptions de l’abbaye de Corneux.” Bulletin de la Société d’agriculture lettres sciences et arts du département de la Haute-Saône, Third Series, 20 (1889): 229–49. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015063748852?urlappend=%3Bseq=905.

Girardot, L. “L’église abbatiale de Corneux.” Le Courrier de Mondaye, 1953.

Grossard, L’abbé. “Histoire de l’abbaye de Corneux.” La Presse grayloise, 1904.

Jouvenot. L’abbaye de Corneux. Besançon: s.n., 1970.

Morey. “Une colonie agricole au XIIe siècle (Abbaye de Corneux).” Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Besançon, 1878, 49–61. https://books.google.com/books?id=QqC0EVAcQf0C.

Morey, Joseph Marie. L’abbaye de Corneux, sa fondation, son histoire pendant le XIIe et le commencement du XIIIe siècle. Besançon: Roux Gilbert, 1899.

Pheulpin, Pierre. “L’Abbaye prémontrée de Corneux : XIIe-XIIIe siècles.” M.A. Thesis, Université de Franche-Comté, 1974.

Valvekens, Emile. “Autour d’une élection abbatiale à Corneux.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 11 (1935): 17–26.

Wirz. “L’abbaye de Corneux.” Le Courrier de Mondaye, 1953.

Image Credit

The abbey of Notre-Dame de Corneux, 2019. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Burgundy

Citation

“Corneux,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/274.

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