Justemont

Title

Justemont

Also Known As

de Monte Justino, Jusbergh, Justberg, Justemons, Justenberg, Justimons, Justus Mons

Dates

Founded 1124; dissolved 1791

Dedication

Assumption of Mary

Affiliation

Belval

Medieval Diocese

Metz

Circary

Lorraine

History

A community of canons was established at Justemont ca. 1120-24 by Euphémie de Watronville, sister of Ursion, bishop of Verdun. In ca. 1130, the community joined the Premonstratensian Order. Its abbey church was consecrated in 1174. The community enjoyed strong links with the lords of Florange. In 1620, it adopted the reform of the Antique Rigueur.

Justemont was badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War. Its buildings were rebuilt, but it was suppressed in 1790. Today only parts of the monastic complex remain.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Zacharias, fl. 1124
Leherus, ?-1136
Etienne, 1136-ca. 1163
Godefroid, 1163-1164
Vivianus, 1172-1177
Rainauld, fl. bef. 1184
Gautier, fl. ca. 1195
Philippe, fl. ca. 1196
Vivianus II?, fl. ca. 1200?
Louis, fl. 1218
Godefroid II, 1224-1238
Henri, fl. 1243
Gerard I, 1252-1266
Jacques I, fl. 1268
Pierron, fl. 1275
Hugues, fl. ca. 1286
Matthieu I, fl. 1292
Simon de Aharis, fl. 1309
Hugues II de Lubey, 1312-1334
Simon II de Briey, fl. 14th c.
Adam, fl. ca. 1355
Guillaume de Briey, fl. ca. 1367
Hugues III, fl. 1382
Jean I de Moyenvic, fl. 1386
Matthieu II Millart, 1397-1411
Vivianus III, fl. 1417
Gerard II d'Alnou, 1420-1427, 1428-1429
Theodore de Semécourt, fl. ca. 1428
Jacques II d'Alnou, 1438-1443
Nicolas de Ham, 1443-1450
Jean II de Fontois, 1450-1457
Jean III Léocart, 1457-1458
Jean IV de la Serre, 1458-1460
Jean V de Richemont, 1460
Jean VI d'Alnou, 1460-1462
Jean VII de Guénange, 1463-1480
Jacques III de Rombes, 1480-1489
Jean VIII de Hayange, 1489-1521
Jean IX de Hamelcourt, 1521-1541
Jean X de Hamelcourt, 1541-1571

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Caen, Archives départementales

1MI/352 (18th c. cartulary; microfilm copy)

Juaye-Mondaye, Abbaye de Mondaye

MS 18

Nancy, Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle

B 476

Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas

MS 1756 (992, vol. 9), pp. 235-265, 268.

MS 1769 (995, vol. 2), fol. 155r

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale

Coll. de Lorraine, vol. 720, fol. 221 (17th c.)

Coll. de Lorraine, vol. 971, no. 114 (1321)

Coll. Moreau, vol. 51, fol. 165

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

H 994 - H 1024

Bibliography

Jacquemin, Émile. L’Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Justemont: 1124-1792. Région de Thionville; études historiques 10. Metz: Coopérative d’édition et d’impression, 1950.

Image Credit

The former gatehouse of the abbey of Justemont, 2009. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Justemont,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/379.

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