Clairefontaine
Community ID: 
 
2091
 
Town: 
 
Clairfontaine [sic]
 
Diocese: 
 
Laon
 
Region: 
 
6Q
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Priory
 
Date Founded: 
 
1126
 
Religious Order: 
 
Norbertine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

A former hermitage became a Premonstratensian house in 1126. There were still sisters there in 1158, perhaps later moved to Dorengt.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Monasticon Praemonstratense : id est, Historia circariarum atque canoniarum candidi et canonici Ordinis Praemonstratensis, vol. 2, p. 370

 
Contributors: 
 
Bruce L. Venarde
 
Date Started: 
 
1126
 
Length: 
 
220