Thirty abbeys and priories, and one college, from the Bordelais to Provence and the Dauphiné.
The Congregation of Saint-Maur was divided into six provinces. That of Toulouse, also called the province of Gascony, gathered some thirty houses, from the Bordelais to the Rhône and from the Pyrenees to the Tarn; the abbey of Mas-Garnier was one of them. Each entry gives the place, the diocese under the Ancien Régime, the date the house joined the congregation and a short notice, with, where they exist, the engraved view from the Monasticon Gallicanum and the list of priors.
The sources do not always agree on the date of union to the congregation: the range is then given (1642-1646). “c.” marks a date that rests on a secondary source only.
The lists of priors follow dom Charvin; that of Eysses follows the abbé de Lantenay. No list has been found for Sauve.
The province on the map
Mas-GarnierHouses of the province of Toulouse
The houses
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Peter Potrowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Sauveur d’Aniane
Aniane (Hérault) · diocese of Montpellier · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1633
Abbey of Saint-Sauveur d’Aniane, in the diocese of Montpellier, bound to the memory of Saint Benedict of Aniane. Ruined by the Protestants in 1562, it passed in the seventeenth century to the Congregation of Saint-Maur, which rebuilt the church and the monastic quarters. The list of priors begins in 1636; Beaunier-Besse dates the arrival of the Maurists to 1663. After the Revolution, the church became a parish church and the monastery served as a place of confinement until the twentieth century. The whole is protected as a historic monument.
The Maurist priors, 1636-1788
1636 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1639 Dom Vincent Portallier (Décédé le 28 septembre 1641)
1642 Dom Casimir Pourquiez
1645 Contin.
1648 Dom Ildephonse Vigier
1651 Contin.
1654 Dom Léandre Anetz
1657 Dom Nicolas Pégourie (Décédé le 21 octobre 1659)
1660 Dom Grégoire Bandel (Décédé le 7 août 1662)
1663 Dom Théodore Richer
1666 Dom Hugues Delaporte
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Romain Barterie
1675 Dom Léandre Anetz
1678 Contin. (Décédé le 15 février 1679)
1681 Dom Louis Tardy
1684 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1687 Dom Gabriel Conte
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom Joseph Boesse
1696 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1699 Dom François La Bourgade
1702 Contin.
1705 Dom Armand Boisserie
1708 Contin.
1711 Dom François La Bourgade
1714 Dom Etienne Verdeille (Remplacé à la Diète de 1716 par dom Marc Chalvet)
1717 Dom Marc Chalvet
1720 Dom J. Salomé
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Pierre Dordé (Permuté à la Diète de 1727 avec dom Jean Bouan, prieur de Caunes)
1729 Dom Claude Brun
1733 Dom Pierre Roux
1736 Contin.
1739 Dom Pierre Barlange (Remplacé à la Diète de 1740 par dom Joseph Chapus)
1742 Dom J. Chaput
1745 Dom Pierre Barlange (Remplacé à la Diète de 1747 par dom Pierre Aliquot)
1748 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1751 Dom Ant Joseph Solabel
1754 Dom Théodore Bannière
1757 Contin.
1760 Dom François Gallias
1763 Dom Zacharie Juge
1766 Contin.
1769 Dom Pierre Nicolau
1772 Contin.
1775 Dom Zacharie Juge
1778 Contin. (Dom Charles Péret est désigné comme prieur par la Diète de 1779)
1781 Dom André Joseph Franc
1784 Contin.
1788 Dom François Marie Raynald
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Selmoval, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Montmajour
Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) · diocese of Arles · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1639
Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Montmajour, near Arles, in the diocese of Arles. The religious of Saint-Maur took possession of it in 1639 and at the beginning of the eighteenth century raised a new monastery there. Secularised in 1786 (the diets nevertheless still appointed a prior there in 1788) and then sold as national property, it now belongs to the State, which entrusts its care to the Centre des monuments nationaux.
The Maurist priors, 1642-1788
1642 Dom Grégoire Legrand
1645 Dom Toussaint Martin
1648 Contin.
1651 Dom Casimir Pourquiez
1654 Contin.
1657 Dom Gabriel Ruault (Décédé le 31 octobre 1658)
1660 Dom Timothée Villatel
1663 Dom Jean Villatel
1666 Dom Jacques Alboy
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Hugues Delaporte (Décédé le 2 décembre 1677)
1675 Contin.
1678 Dom Armand Boisserie
1681 Dom Paul Lacaze
1684 Contin.
1687 Dom Jacques Durou
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1696 Dom Louis Ferrier
1699 Contin.
1702 Dom Gabriel Le Conte
1705 Contin.
1708 Dom Marin Bourgoin (Remplacé à la Diète de 1709 par dom Antoine Fourcade (adm.))
1711 Dom Gabriel Le Conte (Décédé le 3 novembre 1715)
1714 Contin.
1717 Dom Guillaume Lapare
1720 Dom Jean-Louis Floyrac
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Pierre Benoist (Remplacé à la Diète de 1728 par dom Dominique Cortade)
1729 Dom J. Salomé
1733 Dom Claude Brun
1736 Dom Jean-Louis Floyrac (Remplacé à la Diète de 1737 par dom Jacques Roubiau)
1739 Dom Jean Broca
1742 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1744 par dom Antoine Bonnet)
1745 Dom Antoine Bonnet (Remplacé à la Diète de 1746 par dom Zacharie Juge)
1748 Dom Zacharie Juge
1751 Contin.
1754 Dom César Arribat (Remplacé à la Diète de 1758 par dom Zacharie Juge)
1757 Dom Zacharie Juge
1760 Contin.
1763 Dom Joseph Rieux (adm.)
1766 Dom Joseph-Jean Maury
1769 Dom Zacharie Juge
1772 Contin.
1775 Dom Jean-Charles Peret
1778 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1779 par dom Pierre Charles David)
1781 Dom Jean-Jacques Souquet
1783 Contin.
1788 Dom Raymond Castel
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Gironde) · diocese of Bordeaux · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1627
Abbey of Sainte-Croix, south of the city of Bordeaux, in the diocese of the same name. The Congregation of Saint-Maur introduced the reform there in 1627; Beaunier-Besse gives the year 1637. The abbey church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, now a parish church, belongs to the city and appears on the 1840 list of historic monuments.
The Maurist priors, 1627-1788
1627 Dom Ambroise Tarbouriech
1628 Contin.
1630 Dom Charles de Malleville
1633 Dom Bernard Audebert
1636 Dom Antoine Espinasse
1639 Dom Pierre Béziat
1642 Dom Bernard Jevardac
1645 Dom Hyacinthe Fradet
1648 Dom Placide Rasteau
1651 Dom Antoine Espinasse
1654 Contin.
1657 Dom Claude Boistard
1660 Dom Pierre Béziat
1663 Contin.
1666 Dom Placide du Verger
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Jacques Alboy
1675 Contin.
1678 Dom Paul Saporta
1681 Contin.
1684 Dom Jean Queuilh
1687 Contin.
1690 Dom Jacques Hody (Décédé le 15 mars 1692 et remplacé à la Diète de la même année)
1693 Dom Gabriel Marcland
1696 Contin.
1699 Dom Charles d’Isard
1702 Contin.
1705 Dom Charles de la Vie
1708 Dom Charles d’Isard
1711 Dom Gilles Chouart
1714 Dom Pierre-Paul Fleyres
1717 Contin.
1720 Dom Etienne Verdeille
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Jean-Baptiste Floyrac
1729 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1732 par dom Louis Floyrac)
1733 Dom Jean-Louis Floyrac
1736 Dom Claude Brun
1739 Dom César Arribat
1742 Contin.
1745 Dom Joseph Goudart
1748 Contin.
1751 Contin.
1754 Dom Pierre Barlange (Remplacé à la Diète de 1756 par dom Pierre-Joseph Labat)
1757 Dom Pierre-Joseph Labat
1760 Contin.
1763 Dom François Gallias (Remplacé à la Diète de 1764 par dom François Girodias)
1766 Dom Jacques Haudiquier
1769 Dom Roch La Vaissières
1772 Contin.
1775 Contin.
1778 Dom François Duthoya
1781 Dom Pierre-Joseph Labat
1783 Dom François-Antoine Bonnefoy
1788 Dom Jean-Baptiste Boë
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Prieuré du Saint-Sauveur et de Notre-Dame de Camon
Camon (Ariège) · diocese of Mirepoix · Congregation of Saint-Maur: date not established
Priory of Saint-Sauveur and Notre-Dame at Camon, in the diocese of Mirepoix, subject to the abbey of Lagrasse and raised to a conventual priory by John XXII in 1318. On the eve of the Revolution it belonged to the Congregation of Saint-Maur. The church, owned by the commune, together with the priory buildings and the ramparts, is listed as a historic monument.
Priors on record (partial list)
1754 Dom Pierre Boulan
1757 Dom Pierre Boulan
1760 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1763 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1766 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1769 Dom André Joseph Franc
1772 Dom Jean Saturnin Daubat
1775 Dom Jean Courbil
1778 Dom Jean Courbil
1781 Dom Jean Valet
1783 Dom Jean Valet
1788 Dom Jean Baptiste Raymond Cazals
Partial list: the year is that of appointment or, failing that, the year in which the source mentions the prior in office. P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Caunes
Caunes-Minervois (Aude) · diocese of Narbonne · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1659-1663
Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul of Caunes, in the Minervois, in the diocese of Narbonne. It was united to the Congregation of Saint-Maur in the seventeenth century, in 1663 according to Dom Beaunier, and its monastic quarters were rebuilt between about 1660 and 1680. In 1791 the buildings were sold, while the church remained with the commune as its parish church; the estate is today protected as a historic monument.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom Romain Bartery
1669 Dom Michel Garonne
1672 Dom Augustin Peyrani
1675 Contin.
1678 Dom Pierre Cavalier
1681 Dom Augustin Peyrani
1684 Dom Arnauld Coudroy
1687 Dom François de la Roche
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom Joseph Sort
1696 Contin.
1699 Dom François Constantin
1702 Dom Pierre Auzières
1705 Dom Joseph Sort
1708 Contin.
1711 Dom Gaspard Marquet
1714 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1717 Contin.
1720 Dom Mathieu Bruquières
1723 Dom Jean Bouan
1726 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1727 par dom Pierre Dordé)
1729 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1733 Dom Henri Dauga
1736 Dom Jean Chapus
1739 Dom Gaspard Brunet (Remplacé à la Diète de 1741 par dom Jean Mouret, administrateur)
1742 Dom Pierre Blanc
1745 Dom Joseph Chapus
1748 Dom Pierre Castel
1751 Contin.
1754 Dom P. Joseph Labat (Remplacé à la Diète de 1756 par dom Fr. Gallias)
1757 Dom François Gallias
1760 Dom Antoine Solabel
1763 Dom Louis Rigault
1766 Dom Jean Borelli
1769 Contin.
1772 Contin.
1775 Contin.
1778 Dom Jacques Gontier
1781 Contin.
1783 Dom François Auge (Remplacé à la Diète de 1785 par dom Jean Louis Poncet)
1788 Dom Claude Daney
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: PA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prieuré Saint-Pierre de La Réole
La Réole (Gironde) · diocese of Bazas · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1627-1628
Priory dependent on the abbey of Fleury, attested in 977. Ruined by Protestant troops in 1577, it entered the Congregation of Saint-Maur around 1627-1628. The Maurists vaulted the nave of the church (1682-1687) and then rebuilt the conventual buildings between 1704 and 1760. The monks left the house in 1791; the buildings now house the town hall, and the church is a parish church.
The Maurist priors, 1630-1788
1630 Dom Antoine Espinasse
1633 Dom Antoine Espinasse
1636 Dom Michel Rougier
1639 Dom Maur Foloppe
1642 Dom Placide Rasteau
1645 Dom Placide Rasteau
1648 Dom Casimir Pourquiez
1651 Dom Pierre Ponthelier
1654 Dom Claude Boistard
1657 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1660 Dom Placide Du Verger
1663 Dom Germain Bacquelin
1666 Dom Michel Garonne
1669 Dom Jean Queuilh
1672 Dom Placide Du Verger
1675 Dom Placide Du Verger
1678 Dom Pierre D’Abadie Jean
1681 Dom Pierre D’Abadie Jean
1684 Dom Gabriel Marcland
1687 Dom Gabriel Marcland
1690 Dom Paul Saporta
1693 Dom Gabriel Comte
1696 Dom Gabriel Comte
1699 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1702 Dom Louis Duret
1705 Dom Louis Duret
1708 Dom Louis Ferrière
1711 Dom Louis Ferrière
1714 Dom Joseph Sort
1717 Dom Joseph Sort
1720 Dom François Larade
1723 Dom Paul Maupel
1726 Dom Paul Maupel
1729 Dom François Veyres
1733 Dom César Arribat
1736 Dom Charles Chapus
1739 Dom Jacques Roubian
1742 Dom Antoine Joseph Solabel
1745 Dom Antoine Joseph Solabel
1748 Dom Jean Baptiste Bartet
1751 Dom César Arribat
1754 Dom Jean Broca
1757 Dom Jean Baptiste Utéza
1760 Dom César Arribat
1763 Dom Pierre Joseph Labat
1766 Dom Joseph Favier
1769 Dom Charles De La Croix
1772 Dom Charles De La Croix
1775 Dom Jean Baptiste Borel
1778 Dom Jean François Malaure
1781 Dom Nicolas Affre
1783 Dom Joseph Dauga
1788 Dom Jean Pierre Junca
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: William Ellison, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Notre-Dame de La Sauve-Majeure (La Grande-Sauve)
La Sauve (Gironde) · diocese of Bordeaux · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1667
Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Grande-Sauve, in the Entre-deux-Mers, in the diocese of Bordeaux. First attached to the Congregation of the Exempts, it entered that of Saint-Maur in 1667; the Maurists rebuilt part of it. The list of priors appointed by the congregation nevertheless begins as early as 1660. A prison from 1793 to 1795, then plundered, it is now no more than a group of ruins, entrusted today to the Centre des monuments nationaux.
The Maurist priors, 1660-1788
1660 Dom Michel Geoffroy
1663 Contin.
1666 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Pierre Justes (adm.)
1675 Dom Michel Geoffroy
1678 Contin.
1681 Dom Guillaume Baratet
1684 Contin.
1687 Contin.
1690 Dom Barthélémy Laprade
1693 Contin.
1696 Dom Louis Fuilha
1699 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1702 Dom Charles de la Vie
1705 Dom Pierre Benoist
1708 Dom Claude Cholet (adm.)
1711 Dom Pierre Dordé
1714 Dom Paul Maupel
1717 Dom Bernard Marsan
1720 Dom Guillaume La Parre
1723 Dom Pierre Benoist
1726 Dom Dominique Lacoste
1729 Dom Paul Maupel (Remplacé à la Diète de 1730 par dom Jean Bouan)
1733 Dom Romain Longer
1736 Dom Antoine Bonnet
1739 Dom Etienne Laprade
1742 Contin.
1745 Dom Pierre Blanc
1748 Contin.
1751 Dom Esprit-Joseph Dolluon
1754 Dom Henri Casanove
1757 Dom Jean-François Andrieux (adm.)
1760 Dom Jean-Baptiste Reynier
1763 Dom Jacques Barescut
1766 Dom Jacques Canonge
1769 Dom Jean Tournaire
1772 Contin.
1775 Contin.
1778 Dom Jean-Pierre Junca
1781 Dom Jean-Joseph Taillée
1783 Contin.
1788 Dom Marc Papinaud
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Bertrand Bouret, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Notre-Dame (Sainte-Marie) de Lagrasse
Lagrasse (Aude) · diocese of Carcassonne · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1663
Benedictine abbey of Notre-Dame, in the heart of the Corbières, belonging to the diocese of Carcassonne. After a first, contested attempt in 1662, it was united to the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1663. Sold in two lots at the Revolution, it remains divided: a community of canons regular lives in the larger part, and the Département of Aude owns the other. The whole is classified as a historic monument.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom François Girod
1669 Dom Antoine l’Espinasse
1672 Dom François de la Roche
1675 Dom Paul Saporta
1678 Dom Jacques Alboy (Décédé le 8 octobre 1679)
1681 Dom Gabriel Marclan
1684 Dom J. Jacques Durou
1687 Dom Joseph Boesse
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom Pierre Auzières
1696 Dom Louis Duret
1699 Contin.
1702 Dom Louis Ferrier
1705 Dom François La Bourgade
1708 Contin.
1711 Dom Pierre Benoist
1714 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1716 par dom Joseph Salomé)
1717 Dom J. Pierre Martin (adm.)
1720 Dom Pierre Dord
1723 Dom Jean Lamalerie
1726 Contin.
1729 Dom Pierre Dordé
1733 Dom Louis Delhomme
1736 Dom Victor Rembault (Remplacé à la Diète de 1737 par dom Jean Broca (administrateur))
1739 Dom Antoine Bonnet
1742 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1744 par dom Jean Broca)
1745 Dom Jean Broca
1748 Contin.
1751 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1753 par dom Raymond Embry)
1754 Dom Jacques Barescut
1757 Contin.
1760 Dom Jean Bapt. Bartet
1763 Dom François Andrieux
1766 Dom Daniel Lebat
1769 Dom Jacques Canonge
1772 Dom Fr. Antoine Bonnefoy
1775 Contin.
1778 Dom Jean Peyre
1781 Contin.
1783 Dom Joseph Mauri
1788 Dom Félix Gounon
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.
Abbaye Saint-Pierre du Mas-Garnier
Mas-Grenier (Tarn-et-Garonne) · diocese of Toulouse · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1640
Benedictine abbey of the diocese of Toulouse, on the banks of the Garonne, attested in 993. The Congregation of Saint-Maur introduced its observance there in 1640 and in the eighteenth century undertook the rebuilding of the monastic quarters, which the Revolution interrupted: in 1790 the community was dispersed and the church demolished. A community of Benedictine nuns lived there from 1921 to 2014; the Conservatoire du Patrimoine des Abbayes has been established there since 2015.
Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montolieu (Saint-Jean de Valseguier)
Montolieu (Aude) · diocese of Carcassonne · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1649
Benedictine abbey established around 800 at the place called Valseguier, which took the name of Montolieu in the twelfth century. It adopted the reform of Saint-Maur in 1649. The monks had to leave on 25 May 1790 and the abbey church was afterwards pulled down. The estate passed to the Lazarists in 1826, then to the Daughters of Charity in 1869; today it houses the Benedictine nuns who came from the abbey of Mas-Garnier.
The Maurist priors, 1651-1788
1651 Dom Timothée Villatel
1654 Dom Timothée Villatel
1657 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1660 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1663 Dom Jean Queuilh
1666 Dom Jean Queuilh
1669 Dom Gabriel Ezémar
1672 Dom Jean Chalvon
1675 Dom Jean Chalvon
1678 Dom Antoine Morin
1681 Dom Antoine Morin
1684 Dom Raymond Cloche
1687 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1690 Dom Charles d’Isard
1693 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1696 Dom Maurice Terrin
1699 Dom Bernard Marsan
1702 Dom Bernard Marsan
1705 Dom Pierre Dordé
1708 Dom Pierre Dordé
1711 Dom Pierre Paul Fleyres
1714 Dom Jérôme La Févrière
1717 Dom Jérôme La Févrière
1720 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1723 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1726 Dom J. Salomé
1729 Dom Louis de L’Homme
1733 Dom Joseph Gautier
1736 Dom Antoine Joseph Solabel
1739 Dom Antoine Joseph Solabel
1742 Dom Jean Baptiste Bartet
1745 Dom Raymond Embry
1748 Dom Raymond Embry
1751 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1754 Dom Antoine Joseph Solabel
1757 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac
1760 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac
1763 Dom P. Daniel Labbat
1766 Dom De Fougeras Victor Cavaihée
1769 Dom Gilles Born
1772 Dom Louis Affre
1775 Dom Bernard Lade
1778 Dom Guillaume Peytiaux
1781 Dom Jean Antoine Pages
1783 Dom Jean Antoine Pages
1788 Dom Jean Martin Bordes
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Narbonne (Aude) · diocese of Narbonne · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1662
Benedictine priory of Narbonne, attached to Saint-Victor de Marseille at the end of the eleventh century. Under Archbishop François Fouquet, it joined the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1662. Abandoned at the Revolution, the convent served as barracks and was then demolished in 1902. Only the single-nave Gothic church remains, owned by the commune.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom Armand Boisserie
1669 Dom André Genest
1672 Dom André Genest
1675 Dom Christophe Tachon
1678 Dom Jean Chalvon
1681 Dom Louis Duret
1684 Dom Louis Duret
1690 Dom Louis Duret
1693 Dom Michel Allard
1696 Dom Bernard Marsan
1699 Dom Charles Le Roy
1702 Dom Charles Le Roy
1705 Dom Pierre Auzières
1708 Dom François Bonnecaze
1711 Dom Antoine De Commere
1714 Dom Antoine De Commere
1717 Dom J. Salomé
1720 Dom Claude Brun
1723 Dom Etienne Ségla
1726 Dom Jean Pierre Martin
1729 Dom Charles Chapus
1733 Dom Victor Rambault
1736 Dom Gaspard Brunet
1739 Dom Zacharie Juge
1742 Dom Zacharie Juge
1745 Dom François Gallias
1748 Dom François Gallias
1751 Dom Jean Nicolas De Thémines
1754 Dom François Bernard
1757 Dom François Bernard
1760 Dom Simon Dussault
1763 Dom Jean Peyre
1766 Dom Louis Brigault
1769 Dom Gabriel Carrière
1772 Dom Thomas Crébasson
1775 Dom Raymond Castel
1778 Dom Bernard Lade
1781 Dom François Rigault
1783 Dom Raymond Castel
1788 Dom Philip. Armand Pons
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Nîmes (Gard) · diocese of Nîmes · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1685-1689
Benedictine priory built near the tomb of Saint Baudilus, made subject to La Chaise-Dieu in the eleventh century. Ruined in 1563 during the Wars of Religion, it received monks again in 1685, housed in new buildings. Beaunier-Besse attaches it to the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1689. These were sold as national property in 1791.
Priors on record (partial list)
1754 Dom François Gallias
1757 Dom Raymond Reste
1760 Dom Jacques Roubian
1763 Dom Jacques Roubian
1766 Dom Roch De La Vaissière
1769 Dom Joseph Goudart
1772 Dom Joseph Goudart
1775 Dom Joseph Goudart
1778 Dom François Boulin
1781 Dom François Boulin
1783 Dom Auguste Pallias
1788 Dom Auguste Pallias
Partial list: the year is that of appointment or, failing that, the year in which the source mentions the prior in office. P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) · diocese of Lescar · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1777
At Pau, a town in the diocese of Lescar, the college founded by the Jesuits passed to the Barnabites after 1762. In 1777 the Benedictines of Saint-Maur were appointed to teach there. It was not an abbey but a house of teaching, entrusted to the congregation in its last years.
The Maurist priors, 1778-1788
1778 Dom Barthélémy Jean Baptiste Sanadon
1781 Dom Barthélémy Jean Baptiste Sanadon
1783 Dom Barthélémy Jean Baptiste Sanadon
1788 Dom Joseph Thurle
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
SourcesJ. Delfour, Histoire du lycée de Pau, Pau, 1890
Rochefort-du-Gard (Gard) · diocese of Avignon · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1637
Marian sanctuary of Rochefort, entrusted in 1637 to the Benedictines of Saint-Maur, who rebuilt the church and extended the buildings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sold as national property in 1795, it was taken over by the Marist Fathers from 1846 to 1962. It remains a place of pilgrimage, owned by the diocese.
Priors on record (partial list)
1648 Dom Hyacinthe Fradet
1651 Dom Gabriel Ruault
1654 Dom Gabriel Ruault
1657 Dom Casimir Pourquiez
1660 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1663 Dom Timothée Villatel
1666 Dom Timothée Villatel
1669 Dom Armand Boisserie
1672 Dom Bernard Boirie
1675 Dom Michel Garonne
1678 Dom François Bretin
1681 Dom Etienne Dulaura
1684 Dom Louis Tardy
1687 Dom Louis Tardy
1690 Dom Antoine Morin
1693 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1699 Dom Léonard Dumazeau
1702 Dom Léonard Dumazeau
1705 Dom Jean Cotelle
1708 Dom J. Salomé
1711 Dom J. Salomé
1714 Dom Jean Glangé
1717 Dom Joseph Hugon
1720 Dom Joseph Hugon
1723 Dom Claude Le Brun
1726 Dom Claude Le Brun
1729 Dom Etienne Ségla
1733 Dom François Richery
1736 Dom François Richery
1739 Dom Etienne Ségla
1745 Dom Zacharie Juge
1748 Dom Louis Grillet
1751 Dom Jacques Roubian
1754 Dom Jean Laborde
1757 Dom Jean Laborde
1760 Dom Victor De Fougeras
1763 Dom Claude Chabran
1766 Dom Pierre Courdurier
1778 Dom Guillaume Delpech
1781 Dom Pierre Valeton
1783 Dom Jean Baptiste Cartier
1788 Dom Jean Baptiste Cartier
Partial list: the year is that of appointment or, failing that, the year in which the source mentions the prior in office. P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Aignan (Saint-Anian) de Saint-Chinian
Saint-Chinian (Hérault) · diocese of Saint-Pons · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1629
Abbey founded by a charter of Louis the Pious in 826 and dedicated to Saint Aignan. Twice sacked during the Wars of Religion, it was admitted into the Congregation of Saint-Maur around 1629 and, according to the Mérimée record, was among the first houses rebuilt by the Maurists. Sold at the Revolution, it now houses the town hall.
The Maurist priors, 1630-1788
1630 Dom Pierre Bésiat
1633 Dom Pierre Bésiat
1636 Dom Vincent Portallier
1639 Dom Antoine Roques
1642 Dom Antoine Roques
1645 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1648 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1651 Dom Toussaint Martin
1654 Dom Luc Bertrandie
1657 Dom Luc Bertrandie
1660 Dom Claude Salesses
1663 Dom Gabriel Ezémar
1666 Dom Théodore Richer
1669 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1672 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1675 Dom Romain Barterie
1678 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1681 Dom Claude Salesses
1684 Dom Maurice Terrin
1687 Dom Maurice Terrin
1690 Dom Jean Paul Dusault
1693 Dom Pierre Guirbaldy
1696 Dom Joseph Boesse
1699 Dom Joseph Tauzin
1702 Dom Joseph Lombrail
1705 Dom Barthélémy Gallau
1708 Dom Pierre Paul Fleyres
1711 Dom Bernard Marsan
1714 Dom Jean Lamalerie
1717 Dom Pierre Auzières
1720 Dom Dominique Courtade
1723 Dom Dominique Courtade
1729 Dom César Arribat
1733 Dom Etienne Ségla
1736 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1739 Dom Guillaume Aurias
1742 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1745 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1748 Dom Jean Courbil
1751 Dom Jean Courbil
1754 Dom Barthélémy Des Noyers
1757 Dom Pierre Roux
1760 Dom Jean Courbil
1763 Dom Jean Courbil
1766 Dom Joseph Chayla
1769 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1772 Dom Henri Gabriel Dupret
1775 Dom Jean Antoine Joulia
1778 Dom Pierre Valeron
1781 Dom Joseph Favier
1783 Dom Joseph Bousquet
1788 Dom Jacques Salles
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.
Prieuré Saint-Robert de Cornillon
Saint-Égrève (Isère) · diocese of Grenoble · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1657
Founded in the 11th century, according to Dom Beaunier, by Guigues le Gras, Dauphin, who became a monk there and whose tomb could be seen in the cloister, the priory depended on the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu. Weakened after the Wars of Religion, it was entrusted to the Congregation of Saint-Maur, which undertook its rebuilding. Sold in 1791, it lost the greater part of its church; the site is today occupied by a hospital.
The Maurist priors, 1660-1788
1660 Dom Germain Claveau
1666 Dom Robert Nempde
1669 Dom Hugues Lantenas
1672 Dom Hugues Bérard
1675 Dom Barthélémy Du Nouhaud
1678 Dom Barthélémy Du Nouhaud
1681 Dom Placide Falgueyrat
1684 Dom Nicolas Richebraque
1687 Dom Placide Falgueyrat
1690 Dom Benoît De Crozo
1693 Dom Magloire Loz
1696 Dom Magloire Loz
1699 Dom Etienne Sevin
1702 Dom Jean Marie Didier
1705 Dom Gabriel La Codre
1708 Dom Jean Baptiste Sauvat
1711 Dom Gilles De Réméon
1714 Dom Pierre Le Tellier
1717 Dom Louis Labite
1720 Dom Jean Zacharie Bouquin
1723 Dom Nicolas Perche
1726 Dom Raymond Perbé
1729 Dom Joseph Suduyrand
1733 Dom Désiré Bouvier
1736 Dom Jacques Boudeau
1739 Dom Jacques Boudeau
1742 Dom Placide Boquet
1745 Dom Léonard Le Texier
1748 Dom Jean Baptiste Bretagne
1751 Dom Edmond Baudelot
1754 Dom Placide Boquet
1757 Dom Thomas Mathieu
1760 Dom Edmond Grasset
1763 Dom Edmond Grasset
1766 Dom François Antoine De Bonnefoy
1769 Dom Louis Affre
1772 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac
1775 Dom Jean Cortot
1778 Dom Jean Placide Le Cauchois
1781 Dom Jean Baptiste Millière
1783 Dom Pierre Louis Rousselet
1788 Dom Jean Baptiste Ferrouilleat
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Jacques MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prieuré de Sainte-Livrade
Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne) · diocese of Agen · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1652-1655
Conventual priory of Sainte-Livrade, in the Agenais, in the diocese of Agen, given to the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu at the beginning of the twelfth century. The reform of Saint-Maur was introduced there in the middle of the seventeenth century, in 1652 or 1655 depending on the sources. Divided into lots after the Revolution, it retains its church, now a parish church and classified in 1908, as well as buildings listed in 2019.
The Maurist priors, 1657-1788
1657 Dom Michel Geoffroy (adm.)
1660 Dom Bernard Roussarie
1663 Contin.
1666 P. S. G.
1669 Dom Bernard Roussarie
1672 Contin. (Décédé le 16 janvier 1674)
1675 Dom Ambroise Faucher
1678 Dom Nicolas Marsillac
1681 Contin.
1684 P. S. G. (Décédé le 14 décembre 1685 et remplacé à la Diète de 1686)
1687 Dom Philibert de La Chèze (adm.)
1690 Dom Claude Salesses
1693 Contin.
1696 Dom Paul Jayat
1699 Dom Gabriel Comte
1702 Dom Pierre Pujo
1705 Contin.
1708 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac (Adm.) (Remplacé à la Diète de 1710 par dom Marc Chalvet (adm.))
1711 Dom Marc Chalvet (adm.)
1714 Dom Jean Bouan (Remplacé à la Diète de 1715 par dom Jean Lamalerie)
1717 Dom Jean Lamalerie
1720 Dom François Benoist
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Antoine Teilhac
1729 Contin.
1733 Dom Pierre Aliquot (Remplacé à la Diète de 1734 par dom Etienne Segla)
1736 Dom Joseph Ségla (Remplacé à la Diète de 1737 par dom Guillaume Aurias)
1739 Dom Nicolas Loupiac
1742 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1743 par dom Joseph Dousset (adm.))
1745 Dom Jacques Roubian
1748 Dom Philippe Dufaut
1751 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1752 par dom Jean Mouret)
1754 Dom Etienne Moulin (adm.)
1757 Dom Charles Lacroix
1760 Dom Etienne Moulin
1763 Dom Jean Tournaire (Adm.) (Remplacé à la Diète de 1764 par dom Etienne Laprade)
1766 Dom Pierre Hippolyte Descures
1769 Dom Claude Chabran
1772 Contin.
1775 Dom Joseph Larrey
1778 Contin.
1781 Dom Jean François Malaure
1783 Dom Dominique Louis Bonnefoy
1788 Contin.
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Gellone (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert)
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (Hérault) · diocese of Lodève · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1644
Monastery founded at the beginning of the ninth century by William, Count of Toulouse, in the diocese of Lodève. The Congregation of Saint-Maur took possession of it in 1644 and restored the monastic quarters. In 1783 the abbey was united to the bishopric of Lodève. At the Revolution the cloister was sold and dismantled; the church now serves the parish.
The Maurist priors, 1651-1788
1651 Dom Joseph La Roque
1654 Dom Joseph La Roque
1657 Dom Jean Queuilh
1660 Dom Jean Queuilh
1663 Dom Christophe Tachon
1666 Dom Jean Rousserie
1669 Dom Romain Barterie
1672 Dom Michel Garonne
1675 Dom Antoine Salauze
1678 Dom Gabriel Conte
1681 Dom Gabriel Conte
1684 Dom Antoine Morin
1687 Dom Antoine Cabanel
1690 Dom Maurice Terrin
1693 Dom Maurice Terrin
1696 Dom François La Roche
1699 Dom Joseph Port
1702 Dom Joseph Port
1705 Dom Bernard Marsan
1708 Dom Bernard Marsan
1711 Dom Jean Ferrand
1714 Dom Pierre Auzières
1717 Dom Pierre Benoist
1720 Dom Pierre Benoist
1723 Dom Mathieu Brugières
1726 Dom Mathieu Brugières
1729 Dom Pierre Roux
1732 Dom Jean Paul Dussault
1736 Dom Henri Dauga
1739 Dom Mathieu Brugières
1742 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1745 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1748 Dom Jean Laborde
1751 Dom Joseph Barescut
1754 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1757 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1760 Dom Christophe Jeannin
1763 Dom Bernard Labaste
1766 Dom François Haury
1769 Dom François Haury
1772 Dom Jean Peyre
1775 Dom André Joseph Franc
1778 Dom Joseph Sairas de Saint-Privat
1781 Dom Paul Serge Guy
1783 Dom Jean Louis Poncet
1788 Dom Jean Louis Poncet
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye de Saint-Maurin
Saint-Maurin (Lot-et-Garonne) · diocese of Agen · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1645-1655
Abbey of Saint-Maurin, in the Agenais, in the diocese of Agen, long attached to Moissac. The Congregation of Saint-Maur reformed it in the middle of the seventeenth century; the sources hesitate between 1645 and 1655. Sold at auction from 1791 onwards, it survives only as remains, classified as a historic monument in 1908.
The Maurist priors, 1657-1788
1657 Dom François du Saussoy (adm.)
1663 Dom Nicolas Marcilhac
1666 Contin.
1668 Dom Michel Garonne (adm.)
1669 Dom Ambroise Faucher
1672 Contin.
1675 Dom Bernard Boirie (Décédé le 11 mai 1678)
1678 Dom Arnaud Coudroy
1681 Contin.
1684 Dom Joseph Boesse
1687 Dom Claude Salesses
1690 Dom Paul Jahat
1693 Contin.
1696 Dom Barthélémy Laprade (Remplacé à la Diète de 1697 par dom Antoine Bourdeix)
1699 Dom Antoine Bourdeix
1702 Dom François Garnier
1705 Contin.
1708 Dom Pierre Benoist
1711 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1714 Dom Bernard Marsan
1717 Dom Charles Tissier
1720 Contin.
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Etienne de Ségla
1729 Dom Léonard Rousseau
1733 Dom Joseph Guerlin (Remplacé à la Diète de 1734 par dom Léonard Rousseau)
1736 Dom Léonard Rousseau
1739 Dom Jean Baptiste Bartet (adm.)
1742 Dom Jean Mouret (adm.)
1745 Dom Gabriel Lagorée (adm.)
1748 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon (Remplacé à la Diète de 1749 par dom François Gallias)
1751 Dom François Gallias
1754 Dom Esprit Joseph Dolluon
1757 Contin.
1760 Dom Bernard Labaste
1763 Dom Jean Valet
1766 Contin.
1769 Contin.
1772 Dom Claude Dancey (Remplacé à la Diète de 1773 par dom Jean Valet)
1775 Dom Jacques Canonge
1778 Dom Pierre Paul Maydieu (Remplacé à la Diète de 1779 par dom Joseph Marie Michel Sayras)
1781 Dom François Auger
1783 Dom François Teuillade
1788 Dom Jacques Millon
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Peter Potrowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pé-de-Générez
Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées) · diocese of Tarbes · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1666
Benedictine abbey of Bigorre, in the diocese of Tarbes, founded around 1022. Sacked in 1569 and then shaken by the earthquake of 1661, it received the Benedictines of Saint-Maur from 1666, who rebuilt the church from 1676 to 1681. The abbey was closed and sold in 1791; its church remained a parish church. The buildings later housed a seminary; since 2017 they have housed a Maronite community.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1669 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1672 Dom Jean Guillaume
1675 Dom Jean Guillaume
1681 Dom Jean Guillaume
1684 Dom Jean Guillaume
1690 Dom Louis Fuilha
1693 Dom Louis Fuilha
1696 Dom Jean Guillaume
1699 Dom Jean Guillaume
1702 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1705 Dom Joseph Vaillassy
1708 Dom François Granier
1711 Dom Jean Clanger
1714 Dom François Veyres
1717 Dom François Veyres
1720 Dom Jean Bouan
1723 Dom Jacques Hugon
1726 Dom François Benoist
1729 Dom Antoine Bonnet
1733 Dom Guillaume Aurias
1736 Dom Jacques Roubian
1739 Dom Pierre Taurin
1742 Dom Mathieu Brugières
1745 Dom Jean Mouret
1748 Dom Jean Mouret
1751 Dom Barthélémy Des Noyers
1754 Dom Jean Boulin
1757 Dom Simon Du Sault
1760 Dom Claude Chabran
1763 Dom Victor De Fougeras
1766 Dom Félix Gonnon
1769 Dom Joseph Dauga
1772 Dom Jean Vallet
1775 Dom Jean Pierre Junca
1778 Dom François Raynal
1781 Dom François Bernard Capmartin
1783 Dom Jean Baptiste Serres
1788 Dom Vincent Briguet
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Florent Pécassou, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye de Saint-Savin (en Lavedan)
Saint-Savin (Hautes-Pyrénées) · diocese of Tarbes · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1625
Abbey of Saint-Savin, in the Lavedan valley, in the diocese of Tarbes. A witness left an account of the arrival of the Benedictines of Saint-Maur in 1625. The monastery was sold as national property after the Revolution, while the abbey church became a parish church; owned by the commune, it has been protected since the list of 1840.
The Maurist priors, 1625-1788
1625 Dom Paul d’Hilaire
1626 Contin.
1627 Dom Pierre Bésiat
1628 Contin.
1630 Dom Anselme Sabatier
1633 Dom Michel Rougier
1636 Dom Joseph Bergonhoux
1639 Contin.
1642 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1645 Dom Pierre Ponthelier
1648 Contin.
1651 Dom Colomban Bordère (adm.)
1654 Dom Bernard Roussarie
1657 Dom Ambroise Faucher
1660 Dom Antoine Sainctoire (adm.)
1663 Dom Mathieu Solabel
1666 Dom Jean Villatel
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Jean François Lablanche
1675 Dom Jean Villatel
1678 Dom Raymond Cloche
1681 Contin.
1684 Dom Antoine Salauze (Administrateur, remplacé à la Diète de 1685)
1687 Dom Pierre Auzières
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom Louis Duret
1696 Dom Pierre Guirbaldy
1699 Dom Maurice Terrin
1702 Dom Etienne Verdeille
1705 Contin.
1708 Dom Pierre Gauthier (Remplacé à la Diète de 1710 par dom Bernard Marsan)
1711 Dom Joseph Sort
1714 Dom Charles Tissier (adm.)
1717 Dom François Benoist
1720 Dom Jean Pierre Martin
1723 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1723 par dom Charles Tissier)
1726 Dom Pierre Barlange
1729 Contin.
1733 Dom Charles Chapus (Remplacé à la Diète de 1735 par dom Antoine Teilhac)
1736 Dom Antoine Teilhac
1739 Dom Joseph Ligarie
1742 Contin.
1745 Dom Jean Laborde (adm.)
1748 Dom Joseph de Thémines (Remplacé à la Diète de 1749 par dom Bernard Quinsac)
1751 Dom Jean Mouret (Remplacé à la Diète de 1752 par dom Jacques Roubian)
1754 Dom Claude Chabran
1757 Contin.
1760 Dom Louis Rigault
1763 Dom Henri Poureille
1766 Dom Jacques Michel
1769 Dom Simon Laborde (Remplacé à la Diète de 1770 par dom Guillaume Peythieu)
1772 Dom Guillaume Sauvet (Remplacé à la Diète de 1774 par dom Claude Bosc)
1775 Dom Joseph Bouniol
1778 Dom Charles Gérard
1781 Contin.
1783 Dom Nicolas Sudre
1788 Dom Charles Gérard
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Ville de Saint-Sever, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye de Saint-Sever (Saint-Sever-Cap-de-Gascogne)
Saint-Sever (Landes) · diocese of Aire · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1645
Benedictine abbey of Saint-Sever, in Chalosse, in the diocese of Aire. A concordat of 1638, made enforceable by the Council in 1643, opened the house to the reformed religious; Dom Beaunier dates its entry into the Congregation of Saint-Maur to 1645. The abbey church, now a parish church, belongs to the commune and has been classified as a historic monument since 1911.
The Maurist priors, 1645-1788
1645 Dom Vulfran Bocquet (adm.)
1648 Dom Pierre Bésiat
1651 Contin.
1654 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1657 Dom Junien Buisson
1660 Contin.
1663 Dom François Girod (Remplacé en 1665 par dom Romain Barterys)
1666 Dom Gabriel Ezémar
1669 Dom François Girod
1672 Contin.
1675 Dom Antoine Arnault
1678 Dom Antoine Salauze
1681 Contin.
1684 Dom Augustin Peyrany
1687 Contin.
1690 Dom Paul Lacaze
1693 Dom André Genest
1696 Contin.
1699 Dom Gabriel Marcland
1702 Contin.
1705 Dom Louis Fuilha
1708 Dom Charles de la Vie
1711 Contin.
1714 Dom Marc Chalvot (Remplacé à la Diète de 1716 par dom Etienne Verdeil)
1717 Dom Paul Maupel
1720 Contin.
1723 Dom François La Rade
1726 Contin.
1729 Dom François Bonnecaze (Remplacé à la Diète de 1731 par dom Jacques Barescut (adm.))
1733 Dom Pierre Barlange
1736 Contin.
1739 Dom Joseph Nicolaï
1742 Contin.
1745 Dom François Augée (adm.)
1748 Dom Jean Bapt. Utéza
1751 Contin.
1754 Dom Jean Courbil
1757 Contin.
1760 Dom François Andrieu
1763 Dom Jean Bapt. Floyrac
1766 Dom Joseph Dauga
1769 Dom Christophe Joannin
1772 Dom Jacques Canonge
1775 Dom Jean Bapt Floyrac
1778 Dom François Bernard Capmartin
1781 Dom Jean Reynal
1783 Dom Jean Bapt. Boué
1788 Dom Jean-Jacques Gros
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (Hautes-Pyrénées) · diocese of Tarbes · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1646
Benedictine abbey of Bigorre, tried by the Hundred Years’ War and then burned by the Protestants in 1573. A contract of 1646 united it to the Congregation of Saint-Maur, which restored it in the eighteenth century. Sold as national property, it became a municipal school in 1889; its cloister was re-erected in Tarbes, in the Jardin Massey.
The Maurist priors, 1651-1788
1651 Dom Bernard Roussarie
1654 Dom Pierre Ponthelier
1657 Dom Nicolas Marsillac
1660 Dom Nicolas Marsillac
1663 Dom Pierre Ponthelier
1666 Dom Ambroise Faucher
1669 Dom Nicolas Marsillac
1672 Dom Jean Villatel
1675 Dom Gabriel Conte
1678 Dom Jean François Lablanche
1681 Dom André Genest
1684 Dom Louis Fuilha
1687 Dom Louis Fuilha
1690 Dom Jean Guillaume
1693 Dom Jean Guillaume
1696 Dom Pierre Pujo
1699 Dom Pierre Pujo
1702 Dom Jean Guillaume
1705 Dom Jean Dirouart
1708 Dom Etienne Verdeille
1711 Dom Jean Bergeon
1714 Dom Etienne Ségla
1717 Dom Etienne Ségla
1720 Dom François Coustant
1723 Dom François Coustant
1729 Dom François Coustant
1733 Dom Léonard Rousseau
1736 Dom Joseph Nicolaï
1739 Dom Esprit Dulluon
1742 Dom Guillaume Aurias
1745 Dom Barthélémy Desnoyers
1748 Dom Barthélémy Desnoyers
1751 Dom Joseph Dousseau
1754 Dom Charles Lacroix
1757 Dom Bernard Labaste
1760 Dom Barthélémy Desnoyers
1763 Dom Etienne Laprade
1766 Dom Jean Tournaire
1769 Dom André Malaret
1772 Dom Jean Baptiste Pezet
1775 Dom Jean Baptiste Serres
1778 Dom Nicolas Affre
1781 Dom François Teuillade
1783 Dom Jean Antoine Junca
1788 Dom Jean Antoine Junca
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
SourcesPOP Mérimée PA00095417, ancienne abbaye, classée/inscrite MH 1914, 1991, 1999 · Ant. de Lantenay, Revue de l’Agenais, t. XIX, 1892, p. 240, 243-244 ; J. Delfour, Histoire du lycée de Pau, 1890, p. 187 ; A. Clergeac, Chronologie des archevêques, évêques et abbés de l’ancienne province ecclésiastique d’Auch, 1912, p. 109 ; Revue de Gascogne, t. XLVI, 1905, p. 382
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye de Saint-Thibéry
Saint-Thibéry (Hérault) · diocese of Agde · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1647
Benedictine abbey of the diocese of Agde, built on the presumed site of the ancient settlement of Cessero. United to the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1647, it was rebuilt by the Maurists in the seventeenth century according to their regular plan, which can still be read. Sold as national property at the Revolution, it is now being restored by the intercommunal authority (communauté d’agglomération).
Priors on record (partial list)
1648 Dom Léandre Anetz
1651 Dom Léandre Anetz
1654 Dom Hugues Couléon
1657 Dom François Girod
1660 Dom François Girod
1663 Dom Jacques Baldit
1666 Dom Jean Guirbaldy
1669 Dom Bernard Boyrie
1672 Dom Armand Boisserie
1675 Dom François Girod
1678 Dom Paul La Gaze
1681 Dom Jean Paul Dusault
1684 Dom Gabriel Conte
1687 Dom Antoine Morin
1690 Dom Gabriel Bellordeau
1693 Dom François Labourgade
1696 Dom François Labourgade
1699 Dom Paul Saporta
1702 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1705 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1708 Dom Gabriel Le Conte
1711 Dom Etienne Verdeille
1714 Dom Pierre De Rey
1717 Dom Pierre De Rey
1720 Dom Joseph Sort
1723 Dom Pierre Auzières
1726 Dom Pierre Auzières
1729 Dom Jean Lamalerie
1733 Dom Jean Maupel
1736 Dom César Arribat
1739 Dom Pierre Roux
1742 Dom Pierre Roux
1745 Dom Jacques Barescut
1748 Dom Joseph Barescut
1751 Dom Pierre Roux
1754 Dom Pierre Roux
1757 Dom Jean Baptiste Bartet
1760 Dom Jacques Barescut
1763 Dom Christophe Jeannin
1766 Dom Christophe Jeannin
1769 Dom Joseph Jean Maury
1772 Dom Joseph Jean Maury
1775 Dom Joseph Jean Maury
1778 Dom Claude Chabran
1781 Dom Claude Chabran
1783 Dom Dominique Duthil
1788 Dom Pierre Nicolau
Partial list: the year is that of appointment or, failing that, the year in which the source mentions the prior in office. P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Sauve (Gard) · diocese of Alès · Congregation of Saint-Maur: date not established
The abbey of Saint-Pierre at Sauve grew out of a priory of Saint-Guilhem founded in 1029 by Garsinde and her sons, lords of Anduze, according to Beaunier-Besse. Clement IV raised it to an abbey in 1267, and Urban V placed it under Saint-Victor of Marseille in 1366. It later entered the Congregation of Saint-Maur, which maintained ten monks there in 1768.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Jibi44, retouche Sir James, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-Jean de Sorde
Sorde-l’Abbaye (Landes) · diocese of Dax · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1665
Benedictine abbey of the diocese of Dax, built on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa, on the banks of the Gave d’Oloron. Badly damaged in the Wars of Religion, it received the Maurists in the 1660s, who rebuilt the conventual buildings at the end of the seventeenth century. The département and the commune are its owners today.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom Guillaume Baratet
1669 Dom Guillaume Baratet
1675 Dom Guillaume Baratet
1681 Dom Antoine Bourdeix
1684 Dom Antoine Bourdeix
1687 Dom Raymond Cloche
1690 Dom Guillaume Baratet
1693 Dom Arnaud Coudroy
1696 Dom Arnaud Coudroy
1699 Dom François Garnier
1702 Dom Pierre Dordé
1705 Dom Gaspard Marquet
1708 Dom Gaspard Marquet
1711 Dom Claude Cholet
1714 Dom J. Salomé
1717 Dom Jean Bouan
1720 Dom François Veyres
1723 Dom François Veyres
1729 Dom Dominique Contade
1733 Dom Antoine Teilhac
1736 Dom Jean Paul Du Sault
1739 Dom J. Chaput
1742 Dom Jean Baptiste Puget
1745 Dom Etienne Laprade
1748 Dom Etienne Laprade
1751 Dom Simon Dussault
1754 Dom Simon Dussault
1757 Dom Etienne Laprade
1760 Dom Etienne Laprade
1763 Dom Joseph Dauga
1766 Dom André Malaret
1769 Dom Jean François Andrieux
1772 Dom Barthélémy Jean Baptiste Sanadon
1775 Dom Christophe Joannin
1778 Dom Christophe Joannin
1781 Dom Bernard Lade
1783 Dom Jean François Andrieux
1788 Dom Jean François Andrieux
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sorèze
Sorèze (Tarn) · diocese of Lavaur · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1642-1646
Abbey of Notre-Dame de Sorèze, in the diocese of Lavaur. Raised again after the Wars of Religion, it received the Congregation of Saint-Maur in the middle of the seventeenth century, in 1646 according to Dom Beaunier. The college run by the monks became a royal military school in 1776 and continued its work after the suppression of the orders. The buildings, classified in 1988, now house a museum.
The Maurist priors, 1645-1788
1645 Dom Anselme Antheaume
1648 Dom Joseph de la Roque (adm.)
1651 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1654 Dom Bernard Boirie
1657 Contin.
1660 Dom Ildefonse Vigier
1663 Dom Placide du Verger
1666 Dom Pierre Bésiat
1669 Dom Paul Saporta
1672 Contin.
1675 Dom François d’Isard de la Roche
1678 Dom Jacques Hodi (adm)
1681 Dom Michel Meaux (Administrateur. Décédé le 14 avril 1684)
1684 Dom Paul Saporta
1687 Contin.
1690 Dom Gabriel Marchand (Remplacé à la Diète de 1692 par dom Jean Paul Dusault)
1693 Dom Charles d’Isard
1696 Contin.
1699 Dom Louis Fuilha
1702 Contin.
1705 Dom Louis Ferrière
1708 Dom Jean Paul Dusault (Remplacé à la Diète de 1710 par dom Jean Bapt. Floirac (adm.))
1711 Dom Jean Bapt. Floirac
1714 Contin.
1717 Dom Jean Louis Floirac
1720 Dom Jérôme la Fevrière
1723 Dom Dominique Lacoste (adm.)
1726 Dom Jérôme la Fevrière (Remplacé à la Diète de 1728 par dom Jean Bouan)
1729 Dom Jean Bouan (Remplacé à la Diète de 1730 par dom Jean Maupel)
1733 Dom Jérôme la Fevrière
1736 Contin.
1739 Dom Dominique Lacoste
1742 Contin.
1745 Dom Jean Bapt. Bartet
1748 Dom François Bernard (adm.)
1751 Dom Jean Bapt. Bartet
1754 Contin.
1757 Victor de Fougeras
1760 Dom Charles Lacroix
1763 Contin.
1766 Dom Edmond Nicolas Despaux
1769 Dom Antoine Masséna-la-Serre (Remplacé à la Diète de 1771 par dom Jean Tourniaire)
1772 Dom Raymond Despaux
1775 Contin.
1778 Contin.
1781 Contin.
1783 Contin.
1788 Contin.
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prieuré Notre-Dame de la Daurade (Toulouse)
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) · diocese of Toulouse · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1624
Former Marian sanctuary of Toulouse that became a Cluniac priory attached to Moissac in 1077. It passed to the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1624; the Maurists rebuilt the monastic buildings. The old church was pulled down in 1761; the new one, begun in 1764 and interrupted by the Revolution, was consecrated in 1838.
The Maurist priors, 1627-1788
1627 Dom Grégoire Tarisse
1628 Dom Gérard Des Alleux
1633 Dom Ambroise Tarbouriech
1636 Dom Robert Bardoulat
1639 Dom Robert Bardoulat
1642 Dom Antoine L’Espinasse
1645 Dom Antoine L’Espinasse
1648 Dom Hugues Couléon
1651 Dom Hugues Couléon
1654 Dom Vulfran Bocquet
1657 Dom Vulfran Bocquet
1660 Dom Claude Boistard
1663 Dom Léandre Anetz
1666 Dom Léandre Anetz
1669 Dom Claude Boistard
1672 Dom Claude Boistard
1675 Dom Jean Queuilh
1678 Dom Jean Queuilh
1681 Dom Jacques Hody
1684 Dom Jacques Hody
1687 Dom Armand Boisserie
1690 Dom Armand Boisserie
1693 Dom Paul Saporta
1696 Dom Armand Boisserie
1699 Dom Armand Boisserie
1702 Dom Jean Paul Du Sault
1705 Dom Jean Paul Du Sault
1708 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1711 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1714 Dom François La Bourgade
1717 Dom Jean Paul Du Sault
1720 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac
1723 Dom François Bonnecaze
1726 Dom François Bonnecaze
1729 Dom Jérôme La Févrière
1733 Dom Dominique Lacoste
1736 Dom Louis Lacoste
1739 Dom Pierre Cazalas
1742 Dom Pierre Cazalas
1745 Dom Charles Chapus
1748 Dom Jacques Barescut
1751 Dom Jacques Barescut
1754 Dom Charles Chapus
1757 Dom Charles Chapus
1760 Dom Jean Baptiste Utéza
1763 Dom Jean Baptiste Utéza
1766 Dom Jacques Barescut
1769 Dom P. Daniel Labbat
1772 Dom Christophe Joannin
1775 Dom Thomas Crébasson
1778 Dom Denis d’Olive
1781 Dom Denis d’Olive
1783 Dom Bernard Lade
1788 Dom Joseph Jean Maury
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Villemagne-l’Argentière (Hérault) · diocese of Béziers · Congregation of Saint-Maur: c. 1663
Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Martin and Saint Majan, in the diocese of Béziers. Plundered by the Protestants in 1562 and long neglected, it joined in 1663 the Congregation of Saint-Maur, which raised it up again. Sold at the Revolution, it retains part of its church, now a parish church, and the tower of Mirande.
The Maurist priors, 1666-1788
1666 Dom Antoine Foissac
1669 Dom Antoine Foissac
1672 Dom Laurent Bauchon
1675 Dom Laurent Bauchon
1678 Dom Augustin Perrané
1681 Dom Antoine Arnauld
1684 Dom Etienne Dulaura
1687 Dom Etienne Dulaura
1690 Dom Jean Buisson
1693 Dom Jean Buisson
1696 Dom François Constantin
1699 Dom Pierre Deville
1702 Dom Pierre Descalon
1705 Dom Jean Dayam
1708 Dom Joseph Foulquier
1711 Dom François Benoist
1714 Dom François Benoist
1717 Dom Jean Glangé
1720 Dom Jean Glangé
1726 Dom Antoine Bonnet
1729 Dom François Benoist
1733 Dom Nicolas Loupiac
1736 Dom Nicolas Loupiac
1739 Dom Pierre Adam
1742 Dom Pierre Adam
1745 Dom Nicolas Loupiac
1748 Dom Nicolas Loupiac
1751 Dom Bernard Labaste
1754 Dom Bernard Labaste
1757 Dom Barthélémy Desnoyers
1760 Dom Pierre Aliquot
1763 Dom André Malaret
1766 Dom Jean Peyre
1769 Dom Jean Peyre
1772 Dom Jean Baptiste Boë
1775 Dom Jean Baptiste Boë
1778 Dom Jacques Villebrun
1781 Dom Joseph De Saint-Privat
1783 Dom François Rigault
1788 Dom Pierre Paul Cauchon
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.The house today. Photo: Antimuonium, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (Gard) · diocese of Avignon · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1635-1636
Abbey of Saint-André, on the hill overlooking the Rhône opposite Avignon, in the diocese of Avignon. The commendatory abbot Jean-Baptiste du Roure called the religious of Saint-Maur there in 1635 or 1636, and major rebuilding works followed. Sold as national property, the abbey then served as a quarry; its remains, enclosed within the walls of the Fort Saint-André, are today private property open to visitors.
The Maurist priors, 1636-1788
1636 Dom Ambroise Tarbouriech (Décédé le 16 septembre 1638)
1639 Dom Germain Espiat
1642 Dom Pierre Béziat
1645 Dom Sylvestre Perreciot
1648 Dom Vulfran Bocquet
1651 Contin.
1654 Dom Pierre Béziat
1657 Contin.
1660 Dom Vulfran Bocquet (Décédé le 12 juillet 1663)
1663 Dom Claude Salesses
1666 Contin.
1669 Dom Léandre Anetz
1672 Contin.
1675 Dom Gabriel Flambart
1678 Dom Claude Salesses
1681 Dom Armand Boisserie (Remplacé à la Diète de 1683 par dom Jean Corneille (adm.))
1684 Dom Jean Paul Dusault
1687 Dom Paul Lacaze
1690 Dom Jean Queuilh
1693 Contin.
1696 Dom Jacques La Gorrée
1699 Contin.
1702 Dom Armand Boisserie
1705 Dom Gabriel Marcland
1708 Dom Louis Fuilha (Remplacé à la Diète de 1710 par dom Jean Paul du Sault)
1711 Dom Jean Paul du Sault
1714 Dom François Larade
1717 Contin.
1720 Dom Jean Paul du Sault
1723 Contin.
1726 Dom Jean Louis Floyrac
1729 Contin. (Remplacé à la Diète de 1732 par dom Pierre Barlange)
1733 Dom Joseph Laloué
1736 Dom J. Salomé (Remplacé à la Diète de 1737 par dom Louis Floyrac)
1739 Dom Claude Brun (Remplacé à la Diète de 1741 par dom Pierre Barlange)
1742 Dom Pierre Barlange
1745 Dom Dominique Lacoste (Remplacé à la Diète de 1747 par dom Pierre Barlange)
1748 Dom Pierre Barlange
1751 Contin.
1754 Dom Zacharie Juge (Remplacé à la Diète de 1755 par dom César Arribat)
1757 Dom César Arribat
1760 Dom Charles Chapus
1763 Dom Jacques Cruvelier
1766 Dom Jean Baptiste Floyrac
1769 Contin.
1772 Dom Antoine Maur. La Serre (Remplacé à la Diète de 1774 par dom Jean Baptiste Borel)
1775 Dom Jean Valet
1778 Dom Bernard Soubira
1781 Dom Jean Baptiste Borel
1783 Contin.
1788 Dom Jacques Caunes
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959.
Monasticon Gallicanum, late seventeenth century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prints and Photographs.
Abbaye Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais d’Eysses
Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne) · diocese of Agen · Congregation of Saint-Maur: 1626-1631
Abbey of Saints Gervase and Protase of Eysses, at the gates of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, in the diocese of Agen. It entered the Congregation of Saint-Maur between 1626 and 1631 according to the sources, and the Maurists rebuilt it from 1688 onwards. The 1768 list of the Commission des réguliers, however, places it among the old (unreformed) Benedictines. After the Revolution the church was demolished and the monastery became a prison in 1804; two Maurist wings survive within the present detention centre.
The Maurist priors, 1633-1788
1633 Dom Genès-Joseph du Chalmeau
1636 Dom François-Antoine Roques
1639 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1642 Dom Jacques Ponthelier (adm.)
1645 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1648 Dom Grégoire Bandel
1651 Dom Pierre-Nicolas Marsillac
1654 Contin.
1657 Dom Pierre Ponthelier
1660 Contin.
1663 Dom Pierre-Michel Garonne
1666 Dom Germain Bacquelin
1669 Contin.
1672 Dom Pierre-Nicolas Marsillac
1675 Contin.
1678 Dom Pierre Justes
1681 Dom Michel Geoffroy
1684 Contin.
1687 Dom Arnaud Coudroy
1690 Contin.
1693 Dom François d’Isard de La Roche
1696 Dom Pierre Auzières
1699 Contin.
1702 Dom Maurice Terrin
1705 Contin.
1708 Dom Paul Maupel
1711 Contin.
1714 Dom Gaspard Marquet
1717 Dom Pierre Dordé
1720 Dom Jean La Malethie (Malethie)
1723 Dom Marc de Chalvet
1726 Contin.
1729 P. S. G.
1733 Dom Étienne Laprade
1736 Contin.
1739 Dom Pierre Blanc
1742 Dom Joseph Goudard
1745 Dom Joseph Dousset
1748 Contin.
1751 Dom Étienne Laprade
1754 Contin.
1757 Dom Étienne Moulin
1760 Dom Jean Boulin
1763 Dom Guillaume Peytien
1766 Dom Joseph Goudar (Goudard)
1769 Dom Gabriel Brun
1772 Contin.
1775 Dom Jean-François Duthoya
1778 Dom Jean-Louis Guittard
1781 Contin.
1783 Dom Jean-François Duthoya
1788 Dom Jean-François Duthoya
P. S. G.: appointment reserved to the Father Superior General; Contin.: prior continued in office; adm.: administrator. After Ant. de Lantenay, « L’abbaye d’Eysses en Agenois », Revue de l’Agenais, t. XIX, Agen, 1892, p. 239-245 ; A. Durengues, Pouillé historique du diocèse d’Agen pour l’année 1789, Agen, 1894.
Sources of this pageEngraved views: Monasticon Gallicanum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Prints and Photographs, public-domain reproductions published by Wikimedia Commons. Lists of priors: after dom G. Charvin, “Contribution à l’étude du personnel de la congrégation de Saint-Maur (1612-1789)”, Revue Mabillon, 1956-1959; for Eysses (province of Toulouse) and Saint-Maixent (province of Chezal-Benoît), after the monographs cited under their lists. Notices: Dom J.-M. Besse and dom Ch. Beaunier, Abbayes et prieurés de l’ancienne France, Archives de la France monastique, 1905-1941; L. Lecestre, Abbayes, prieurés et couvents d’hommes en France, 1902; the Mérimée database of the Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine; BnF authority records; the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel. The references for each house are given under its entry.