Rueyres (Puidoux)

Title

Rueyres (Puidoux)

Also Known As

Bellavuarda du Jorat, Rivoria, Ruivoria, Ryvoyre

Dates

Founded 1193-1210; dissolved 1259

Affiliation

Medieval Diocese

Circary

History

A priory of men dependent on Lac de Joux.

See also the nearby community of Premonstratensian sisters at Rueyres (Vevey).

Heads of Community

Priors

Richard, fl. 1140?
Aymon, fl. 1141
Etienne, 1209-ca. 1212
Girard de Bavois, 1220-1223
Nantelme, fl. 1225
Amaudry, 1243-1245

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Andenmatten, Bernard. “Rueyres.” In Die Prämonstratenser und Prämonstratenserinnen in der Schweiz, edited by Brigitte Degler-Spengler, Urs Amacher, and Bernard Andenmatten, 3:495–500. Helvetia Sacra 4. Basel: Helbing und Lichtenhahn, 2002.

Piguet-Mégroz, A. “Chez les Prémontrés de Rueyres.” Le nouveau conteur vaudois et romand 83, no. 1 (1956): 59–60. https://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-229804.

Files

Collection

Citation

“Rueyres (Puidoux),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/816.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Lac de Joux