List of Mont-Saint-Michel abbots
List of Mont-Saint-Michel abbey abbots, of the Benedict order, starting in 966 after the removal by Duke Richard I of Normandy of the previous order, present since 709, and originally funded by Saint Aubert of Avranches.
10th century[]
- 966 - 991 : , 26th abbot of the Fontenelle then first Benedict abbot of the Mont;
- 991 - 1009 : , nephew of his predecessor.
11th century[]
- 1009 - 1017 : , nominated by his predecessor
- 1017 - 1023 : , nephew of his predecessor
- 1024 - 1031 :
- 1031 - 1033 :
- 1033 - 1048 : , previous abbot of Fruttuaria (Italy), brother of his predecessor and nephew of Guillaume de Volpiano, abbot of Fécamp
- 1048 - 1060 : , monk of Fécamp
- 1063 - 1085 :
- 1085 - 1102 : , monk of Caen, former chaplain of Guillaume le Conquérant
12th century[]
- 1106 - 1122 :
- 1125 - 1131 :
- 1131 - 1149 : Bernard du Bec
- 1149 - 1150 :
- 1151 - 1152 :
- 1152 - 1154 :
- 1154 - 1186 : Robert of Torigni, aka « Robert of the Mont »
- 1186 - 1191 :
13th century[]
- 1191 - 1212 :
- 1212 - 1218 :
- 1218 - 1223 :
- 1225 - 1236 :
- 1236 - 1264 :
- 1264 - 1271 :
- 1271 - 1279 :
- 1279 - 1280 :
- 1280 - 1298 :
14th century[]
- 1299 - 1314 :
- 1314 - 1334 :
- 1334 - 1362 :
- 1363 - 1386 :
- 1386 - 1410 : , former abbot of Saint-Taurin d'Évreux, and of Lessay
15th century[]
- 1410 - 1444 :
- 1444 - 1483 : Guillaume d'Estouteville
- 1483 - 1499 :
16th century[]
- 1499 - 1510 :
- 1510 - 1513 :
- 1515 - 1523 :
- 1524 - 1543 : Jean Le Veneur
- 1543 - 1558 : Jacques d'Annebault
- 1558 - 1570 :
- 1570 - 1587 :
17th century[]
- 1588 - 1615 : François de Joyeuse
- 1615 - 1641 : Henri of Guise, Duke of Guise
- 1641 - 1643 :
- 1644 - 1670 :
- 1670 - 1703 :
18th century[]
- 1703 - 1718 :
- 1721 - 1766 :
- 1766 - 1769 : Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
- 1788 - 1791 : Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval
Further reading[]
- Gallia christiana, t. XI, pars Abrincensis, col. 510-533.
- Fulgence Girard, Histoire géologique, archéologique et pittoresque de Mont Saint-Michel, Avranches, E. Tostain, 1843, p. 152.
See also[]
- Mont Saint Michel Abbey
Categories:
- French Benedictines
- People from Normandy
- Lists of abbots