Couvent de Saverne (France)

The original convent belonged to a women's community of Augustinian Recollects, founded in 1303, whence they had moved from their original location in Steigen. In 1483, Pope Sixtus IV closed the women's community, and in Bishop Alfred of Strasbourg gave the convent to the Franciscans in 1488. In 1571, Bishop Jean de Mandersheid turned the convent into a Jesuit College, who left the building in 1582 for Molsheim. The Franciscans returned in 1595 (and definitively in 1601), where they stayed until it was closed in 1791.

HMML ID
240811426052
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/240811426052
LC name
Couvent de Saverne (France)
HMML name
Couvent de Saverne (France)
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/5936152932557709830001

Variants

  • Franciscanis de observantia Tabernensibus Zabern
  • Franziskanerkloster Zabern
  • Kloster der Franziskaner-Rekollekten Zabern
  • Kloster Zabern

Organization information

Organization type
Monasteries
Foundation date
1488
Dissolution date
1791
Centuries
15th century CE ● 16th century CE
Locations
Countries
Languages
French ● German ● Latin
Fields of activity

Organization relationships

Parent organizations

General notes

Description
Couvent de Saverne, foundation under the Augustinian Recollects, and handover to the Franciscans in 1488 until the closures in 1791.
Citations
Lucie Wissenberg, Saverne, Bas-Rhin, Couvent de Récollets, 4 rue Poincaré. Alie est du couvent: due couvent originel (début du 14e siècle aux grandes restructurations modernes et contemporaines (Sélestat, France: Archéologie Alsace: 2022), 35-36.

Preferred citation

"Couvent de Saverne (France)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified January 31, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/240811426052

Change notes

Date added
2024-01-31
Last edited
2024-01-31