Paris (College)

Title

Paris (College)

Dates

Founded 1252; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Anne; John the Baptist

Affiliation

Prémontré

Medieval Diocese

Paris

Circary

France

History

This community was founded by Jean de Rocquigny, abbot of Prémontré, in 1252 to provide for the instruction of young members of the order.

Heads of Community

Priors

Simon de Péronne, 15th century
Jean de l'Écluse, 15th century
Jacques de Bachimont, 15/16th century

Status

College

Archival Sources

Paris, Archives nationales de France

MC/ET/XXXIII/36, fol.295. (1551)

S//4449 (1471)

Paris, Musée Carnavalet

D.12329 (1892; drawing)

D.8021(719) (1862; drawing)

D.8021(720) (1868; drawing)

D.8021(721) (19th c.; drawing)

Bibliography

Daras, Louis. “Les Prémontrés à Paris.” La Cour d’honneur de Marie 18 (1881): 200, 216, 274.

John, James J. “A Repertoire of Students at the College of Premontre in Mediaeval Paris.” M. Med. S. Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 1951.

———. The College of Prémontré in Mediaeval Paris. Notre Dame, IN: Mediaeval Institute, University of Notre Dame, 1953.

———. “The College of Prémontré in Medieval Paris I.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 28 (1952): 137–71.

———. “The College of Prémontré in Medieval Paris II.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 30 (1954): 161–77.

———. “The Early College of Prémontré at the University of Paris.” M.A. Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 1950.

Toulouze, Eugène. “Les révélations du vieux sol parisien. Les Prémontrés et mes fouilles archéologiques à l’Ecole de Médecine.” Bulletin de la Société Historique du Sixième Arrondissement de Paris 4 (1901): 45–120. https://books.google.com/books?id=7GFIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA45.

Image Credit

Léon Leymonnerye, "Collège des Prémontrés" (19th c.) Musée Carnavalet.

Files

Collection

France

Citation

“Paris (College),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/628.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Prémontré