Huveaune

Title

Huveaune

Also Known As

Hybelna, Ybelina, Ybelna, Yvelina

Dates

Founded in 1203/04; dissolved in 1405

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Fontcaude

Medieval Diocese

Marseille

Circary

Gascony

History

The abbey at Huveaune was founded in 1204 on the initiative of the bishop of Marseille. The first brothers came from Fontcaude. It moved inland from its original location in 1308 because of lack of access to fresh water. The abbey was a popular site of pilgrimage. However, by the late 14th century, Huveaune was in financial difficulties because of war and plague. It became a commendatory abbey in 1392 and was suppressed in 1405.

The abbey's church was demolished by 1747, and the exact location of the monastery is no longer known.

Heads of Community

Priors

Amansus, fl. 1218

Abbots

Guillaume I, 1230-1259
Martin, 1270-1275
Jean I, 1238-1289
Francus, 1304-1317
Audinus, fl. 1318
Laurentius, fl. 1342
Jacques du Verger, 1351-1376
Guillaume II, fl. 1382
Gilbert du Mas, fl. 1387
Jean II, 1392-1396
François, fl. 1405

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Marseille, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

61 H 109

Paris, Archives nationales

SC/S/4181 (13th c.; seal)

Bibliography

Albanès. “Inventaire de l’abbaye de l’Huveaune.” Revue des sociétés savantes de la France et de l’étranger, Seventh Series, 1 (1880): 166–67. https://books.google.com/books?id=KDpmQa9LZlkC&pg=PA166.

Dailliez, Laurent. “L’abbaye de Notre-Dame d’Huveaune à Marseille. Nouvelle liste des abbés - Réguliers et Commendataires.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 43 (1967): 39–61.

———. “L’abbaye Notre-Dame d’Huveaune.” Marseille: Revue municipale 93–94 (1973): 14–17.

Files

Collection

Gascony

Citation

“Huveaune,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/494.

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