Summary Page:  Former House

Name: Bonne Esperance, B.M.V.

Circary at the Time: Floreffia

Years of Activity: 1124-1796

Gallery:  Click Here

Map:  Click Here (Source:  © MapQuest  http://www.mapquest.com)

URL:  http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_de_Bonne-Espérance

Monasticon Praemonstratense (II, 361)

Approximate modern location: Near the village of Vellereille-le-Brayeux, south of Binche, Belgium.  There is a Rue de l'abbaye northwest of Vellereille-le-Brayeux.  

Elm-Number [See below]: 82*

Other Comments: None. Many of the artifacts of this house are now in the possession of the Diocese of Tournai.

* This listing (and the numbers, with a few adjustments after 1995) is based on the map contained in Kaspar Elm's Norbert von Xanten: Adliger, Ordensstifter, Kirchenfürst, Wienand Verlag, Köln, 1984, page 328-329.