Vienne (Notre-Dame)
Community ID:
2149
Town:
Vienne
Diocese:
Vienne
Region:
6U
Corporate Status:
Priory
Date Founded:
500-599 (6th century)?. Refounded by 1281.
Religious Order:
Franciscan
Foundation Information:
Apparently a house of nuns in the early Middle Ages, but the history is obsxure. Franciscan women were installed in the late 13th century
Secondary Sources:
Abbayes et prieurés de l'ancienne France: recueil historique des archevêchés, évêchés, abbayes et prieurés de France, vol. 9, p. 93;
Gallia christiana, vol. 16, pp. 149, 186
Contributors:
Bruce L. Venarde
Date Started:
500
Length:
290
