Benoite-Vaux

Title

Benoite-Vaux

Also Known As

Benedicta Vallis, Martinham

Dates

Founded by 1158; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

L'Étanche

Medieval Diocese

Verdun

Circary

Lorraine

History

Benoîte-Vaux was given to the Premonstratensian abbey of L'Étanche before 1158 by Albéron de Chiny, bishop of Verdun. A popular pilgrimage site, Benoîte-Vaux was elevated to the status of priory in 1717. Its buildings were badly damaged in warfare in 1649 and 1708.

Status

Parish church; priory from 1717

Reference

AD, 124-129

BOP, I: 81

MP, III: 61

Bibliography

Aimond, Charles. Notre-Dame de Benoîte-Vaux: son histoire, son pèlerinage. Bar-le-Duc: Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 1937.
Bar, E. de. Un sanctuaire vénéré au pays lorrain (Notre Dame de Benoite-Vaux). Impr. de l’Oeuvre de Saint Paul, 1892.
Brix, Alain. “Le pèlerinage de Benoite-Vaux.” La Revue lorraine populaire 37 (1980): 22–25.
Chevreux, Jean Baptiste. Notre Dame de Benoite Vaux (Diocèse de Verdun). Impr. de J.B. Laurent, 1863. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065565333.
Dumont, Charles Emmanuel. Histoire des Monastères de l’Étanche et de Benoite-Vaux (Rectifications et additions à l’Histoire des Monastères de l’Étanche, etc.). Nancy: Imprimerie de Dard, 1853. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BKRdAAAAcAAJ.
Guinet, Macaire. Le Pèlerinage de la ville de Nancy à Notre-Dame de Benoîte-Vaux en 1642. G. Crépin-Leblond, 1883.
Simonin, Pierre. “Une statue de Notre-Dame de Benoîte-Vaux dans une église du Saintois.” Le pays lorrain 85 (2004): 198–200.
Thiriet, Edmond. La Céleste Consolatrice : Notre-Dame de Benoîte-Vaux. Paris: Librarie Saint-Paul, 1906. https://books.google.com/books?id=_yUrMGTPl4AC.

Image Credit

Postcard showing Notre-Dame de Benoite-Vaux, ca. 1910. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Benoite-Vaux,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/749.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: L'Étanche