Gray

Title

Gray

Also Known As

Graiacum, Gray le Chastel

Dates

Founded ?; Premonstratensian by second half of 14th c.

Dedication

Laurent

Affiliation

Medieval Diocese

Circary

History

A hospital and place of refuge in the possession of the abbey of Corneux by the late 14th century. It had an associated chapel dedicated to St Laurent. The current buildings on the site date from the 1560s. In the 19th century it became a private house.

Status

Hospital, refuge

Bibliography

Besson, Louis. “Hospices de Corneux et de Theuley.” In Histoire de la ville de Gray et de ses monuments, 375–76. Besançon, 1851. https://books.google.ie/books?id=pwBIPtu3JiMC&pg=PA375.

Image Credit

The former refuge of the abbey of Corneux at Gray, 2012. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Citation

“Gray,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/805.

Geolocation