Posat

Title

Posat

Also Known As

Poja bei Favernach, Vilar Aldiert

Dates

Founded 1140/1148; sold 1580

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Humilimont

Medieval Diocese

Lausanne

Circary

Burgundy

History

A community of Premonstratensian sisters dependent on Humilimont, which dissolved at some point in the 13th century. After that point, Posat was a simple church in the possession of Humilimont.

The property was acquired in 1580 by the Jesuits. The community's chapel survives today, but has been substantially rebuilt over the years.

Heads of Community

Prioresses

Emma, fl. 1148

Status

Women's community

Bibliography

Tremp, Ernst. “Posat.” In Die Prämonstratenser und Prämonstratenserinnen in der Schweiz, edited by Urs Amacher, Bernard Andenmatten, and Brigitte Degler-Spengler, 445–50. Helvetia Sacra 4. Basel: Schwabe, 2002.

Image Credit

View of the chapel of Notre-Dame, Posat, 2010. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Burgundy

Citation

“Posat,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/611.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Humilimont