Subernoa

Title

Subernoa

Also Known As

Subernoy, Zubernoa

Dates

Founded ca. 1137; dissolved 18th c.

Dedication

James

Affiliation

Arthous

Medieval Diocese

Bayonne

Circary

Gascony

History

A priory and hospital dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Arthous. According to tradition, the hospital was founded ca. 1137 by Guillaume de Zubernoa. Nothing remains of it today.

Status

Priory; hospital

Reference

AD, 576-577

Cottineau, II: col. 3099, II: col. 3483

Bibliography

Fourcade, Jean. “Les pélerins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle sur la route du littoral: le prieuré hôpital Saint-Jacques de Zubernoa.” Société des sciences, lettres et arts de Bayonne, New Series, 119 (1968): 805–22.

Michelena, Luis. “Priadore etxea Zubernoako Santiagoko ospitalea.” Ekaina 30 (1989): 104–14.

Michelena, Manuel. “Le Prieuré-Hôpital Saint-Jacques de Zubernoa.” In Hendaye et son histoire, 33–49. Bayonne: Éditions du Mondarrain, 1997.

Nogaret, Joseph. “L’abbaye d’Arthous et le prieuré de Subernoa.” Bulletin de la Société des Sciences,lettres, arts et études régionales de Bayonne, New Series, 5 (1930): 218–46. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k202574d/f216.item.

Image Credit

Detail of a map showing the priory of Subernoa, ca. 1660. Service historique de la Défense.

Files

Collection

Gascony

Citation

“Subernoa,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/681.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Arthous