Herlaimont

Title

Herlaimont

Also Known As

Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Hallemont, Hellamont, Herlaimontium, Herlaimunda, Herlenmont

Dates

Founded 1135; dissolved 1797

Dedication

Hubert

Affiliation

Floreffe

Medieval Diocese

Cambrai

Circary

Floreffe

History

In 1136, Othon and Helvide, lord and lady of Trazegnies gave land at Herlaimont to the abbey of Floreffe. A priory was established there, the church of which was consecrated in 1184 by Rudolf von Zähringen, bishop of Liège. It was for a time in the later 12th century a double community.

Herlaimont was suppressed in 1797.

Heads of Community

Priors

Wautier de Leez, fl. 1270
Jean de Desle, ?-1396
Rainald de Momale, ?-1416
Godefroid de Châtelet, ?-1453
Isbold de Berghelen, ?-1503
Thierry Doudomont, ?-1504
Gilles Henin, 1507
Everard Bysteaux, ?-1508

Status

Priory

Archival Sources

The archives of the priory were destroyed during World War Two.

Bibliography

Lemaigre, C. “Date de la fondation du prieuré de Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont.” Documents et Rapports de la Société Paléontologique et Archéologique de l’Arrondissement Judiciaire de Charleroi 4 (1871): 409–13. https://books.google.com/books?id=w85TAAAAcAAJ.

Image Credit

The priory of Herlaimont, early 20th century. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Floreffe

Citation

“Herlaimont,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/709.

Geolocation