Rueyres (Vevey)
Title
Rueyres (Vevey)
Also Known As
Rivoria, Ruivoria, Ryvoyre
Dates
Founded by 1141; dissolved 1193-1210
Dedication
Mary
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
A community of Premonstratensian sisters dependent on Lac de Joux. After it was dissolved in the early 13th centuries, its properties passed to the nearby male priory of Rueyres (Puidoux).
Status
Women's community
Reference
Bibliography
Andenmatten, Bernard. “Rueyres.” In Die Prämonstratenser und Prämonstratenserinnen in der Schweiz, edited by Brigitte Degler-Spengler, Urs Amacher, and Bernard Andenmatten, 3:495–500. Helvetia Sacra 4. Basel: Helbing und Lichtenhahn, 2002.
Piguet-Mégroz, A. “Chez les Prémontrées de Rueyres.” Le nouveau conteur vaudois et romand 83, no. 1 (1956): 35–37. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-229780.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rueyres (Vevey),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/649.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Lac de Joux |