Rivreulle

Title

Rivreulle

Also Known As

Riverole, Riveroelle, Riverroles

Dates

Founded 1140-1182; dissolved 13th century?

Affiliation

Bonne-Esperance

Medieval Diocese

Cambrai

Circary

Floreffe

History

A community of sisters dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Bonne-Esperance, founded on land given by Gautier Leroux de l'Estinnes. It appears to have been dissolved at some point in the 13th century, after which time Rivreulle remained in the possession of the abbey as a grange.

Some ruins of the former monastic community were still visible in the 18th century.

Heads of Community

Prioress

Oda, fl. 12th c.

Status

Women's community, then grange

Bibliography

Berlière, Ursmer. “L’ancien monastere des Norbertines de Rivreulle.” Messager des Sciences historiques de Belgique 67 (1893): 381–91. https://archive.org/details/messagerdesscien1893gand/messagerdesscien1893gand/page/380/mode/2up.

Chevalier, L. “La bienheureuse Oda de Rivreulle 1131-1158.” Bona Spes 29 (1948): 2–12.

———. “La bienheureuse Oda de Rivreulle 1131-1158.” Bona Spes 30 (1948): 2–14.

Spilbeeck, Ignace van. Vie de la bienheureuse Oda de l’Ordre de Prémontré, le Lis de Bonne-espérance. Bibliothèque Norbertine. Namur: Imprimerie Douxfils, 1889.

Files

Collection

Floreffe

Citation

“Rivreulle,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/619.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Bonne-Espérance