Fontaine-André

Title

Fontaine-André

Also Known As

Fontainne Andrez, Fontanandre, Fontayneandré, Gotzhaus zu sant Andreas, St. Andreasbrunnen

Dates

Founded 1143; dissolved 1538

Dedication

Michael

Affiliation

Lac de Joux

Medieval Diocese

Lausanne

Circary

Burgundy

History

The abbey of Fontaine-André was founded in the first half of the 12th century by the brothers Mangolt and Rodolphe, lords of Neuchâtel. In the 1140s, the abbey joined the Premonstratensian order. In 1375, the monastery was burned down during the Gugler War.

The monks returned to the site in the 15th century, but the abbey was dissolved during the Reformation. The site is now in private hands.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Guido, 1143-1150
Gulielmus I, 1173-1194
Otho, 1214-bef. 1220
Torumbert, 1225-1231
Petrus I, fl. 1239
Nanthelmus, 1241-1246
Stephanus I, fl. 1255
A., fl. 1268
Stephanus II, 1268-1278
Joannes I, fl. 1279
Richardus, fl. 1287
Joannes II de Cossonay?, fl. 1308?
Petrus II de Lonay, 1309-1326
Joannes III de Lonay, 1344-1362
Gulielmus II de Vauxtravers, 1372-1386
Martinus Bovet, fl. 1396
Henricus, Chalagrin, 1418-1428
Gulielmus III Ramondet, 1435-1444
Petrus III des Granges, 1444-1458
Franciscus Bourquier, 1458-1489
Petrus IV Nonans, 1489-1502
Conradus Maréchal, 1502-1518
Ludovicus Colomb, 1520-1530

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Neuchâtel, Archives de l'Etat

AS-A10.2a - AS-Z9.26 (12th-17th c.; non-inclusive range of call numbers, 500+ documents)

Bibliography

Carducci, Laurence. “Des moines prospères.” L’Express, February 28, 1991. http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19910228-01.2.244.

Chambet, Claude-Pierre. “Fontaine-André. Les 850 ans de l’abbaye. Une source non tarie.” L’Express, March 2, 1993. http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19930302-01.2.50.

Clottu, Olivier. “Monuments sigillographiques et héraldiques de l’ancien monastère de Fontaine-André.” Archives héraldiques suisses = Schweizerisches Archiv für Heraldik = Archivio araldico Svizzero 92 (1978): 31–42. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-803464.

De Reynier, C. “Die Prämonstratenser-Abtei von Fontaine-André.” Archaologie der Schweiz 41, no. 2 (2018): 66–70. https://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-813610.

Galliker, Antoine, and Johannes Schleicher. Neuchâtel, Abbaye de Fontaine-André. Kleine Kunstführer 2684. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2008.

Hausmann, Germain. “Fontaine-Andre.” In Die Prämonstratenser und Prämonstratenserinnen in der Schweiz, edited by Urs Amacher, Bernard Andenmatten, and Brigitte Degler-Spengler, 345–82. Helvetia Sacra 4. Basel: Schwabe, 2002.

Jeunet, François. Essai historique sur l’Abbaye de Fontaine-André (Neuchâtel) depuis sa fondation jusqu’à sa suppression avec pièces justificatives. Etrennes neuchâteloises 4. Neuchâtel: E. Courvoisier, 1865. https://books.google.com/books?id=hqUPAAAAQAAJ.

Matile, George-Auguste. “Fontaine-André, son ordre, sa règle, ses nécrologes.” Musée Historique de Neuchatel et Valangin 2 (1843): 211–73. https://books.google.com/books?id=D3c7AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA211.

Meyer, Dominique A. Chartes et documents de l’ancienne abbaye de Fontaine-André. Neuchâtel: Dominique A. Meyer, 2019.

Mühlebach, Hans. L’abbé de Fontaine-André, patron de l’église Saint-Martin de Cressier et collateur de l’église de Meyriez et de la chapelle Sainte-Catherine devant Morat : documentation. Neuchâtel: Communauté des frères des écoles chrétiennes, 2017.

Perregaux, F. de. “L’Abbaye de Fontaine-André.” Musée neuchâtelois 37 (1900): 77–79. https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006893776/page/n91/mode/2up.

Plouvier, Martine. “L’abbaye de Fontaine-André quand elle était prémontrée (1143-1539).” In Actes officiels du 30ème colloque du Centre d’étude et de recherches prémontrées : Bellelay (Suisse) - 2004 : Circarie de Bourgogne, edited by Martine Plouvier, 88–98. Laon: Centre d’études et de recherches prémontrées, 2009.

Image Credit

Abbey of Fontaine-André, 2011. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Burgundy

Citation

“Fontaine-André,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/472.

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