Saint-Pierremont
Title
Saint-Pierremont
Also Known As
Mons Sti. Petri, Pierremont, Standalmont
Dates
Founded 1090s; Premonstratensian 12th century?; later Augustinian; suppressed 1790
Dedication
Peter
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Saint-Pierremont was founded in the 1090s as an Augustinian house. For a period of time in the 12th century it appears to have been at least loosely a member of the Premonstratensian Order. It later became an Augustinian house once more, and was suppressed at the Revolution.
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Nancy, Bibliothèque municipale
MS 529-531 (17th c.; annals)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Coll. Lorraine, MS 721
Saint-Julien-lès-Metz, Archives départementales de la Moselle
H 1215-1320 (12th-18th c.)
MS 529-531 (17th c.; annals)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Coll. Lorraine, MS 721
Saint-Julien-lès-Metz, Archives départementales de la Moselle
H 1215-1320 (12th-18th c.)
Reference
Bibliography
Parisse, Michel. “L’abbaye de Saint-Pierremont et la région de Briey au XIIe siècle.” Bulletin de la Société lorraine des études locales 29 (1966): 23–35.
Schleef, Yorick. “Saint-Pierremont en Lorraine: une abbaye de chanoines réguliers et son pays aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles.” In Un “scriptorium” et son époque. Les chanoines de Beauport et la société bretonne au Moyen Âge, 447–67. Brest: Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique, 2015.
Image Credit
View of Saint-Pierremont, 2014. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Saint-Pierremont,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/754.