Paris (Hospital)

Title

Paris (Hospital)

Dates

Founded 1206; dissolved 1562

Dedication

Holy Trinity

Affiliation

Hermières

Medieval Diocese

Paris

Circary

France

History

A hospital dependent on Hermières, it was founded in 1206 by Jean Polée and Guillaume Escuacol. During times of war, it also served as a refuge for Premonstratensian abbots from Picardy. The church was demolished in the 18th century.

Status

Hospital

Archival Sources

Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas

MS 1754 (992, vol. 7), 143-144

Bibliography

Abadie, Isabelle. “L’évolution des pratiques funéraires religieuses des Parisiens.” Histoire urbaine 60, no. 1 (June 25, 2021): 97–126.

Cheymol, Jean. “L’hôpital de la Trinité en la rue Saint-Denis à Paris (1201-1790).” Histoire des sciences médicales 17, no. 2 (1983): 159–70. https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/sfhm/hsm/HSMx1983x017x002/HSMx1983x017x002x0159.pdf.

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

Tesson, L. “L’Hôpital de la Trinité.” Procès-verbaux: Commission municipale du Vieux Paris, 1916, 197–212. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5623675q/f263.item.

Image Credit

The hospital as shown on a detail of a 1657 map of Paris. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

France

Citation

“Paris (Hospital),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/629.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Hermières