Order of Val des Écoliers

The Order of Val des Écoliers (Latin: Ordo Vallis Scholarium,[1] 'Order of the Valley of Scholars'), sometimes called the Écoliers du Christ ('Scholars of Christ'), was an order of canons regular following the Rule of Saint Augustine.

According to tradition, the mother house of the order was founded in 1201 by William, Richard, Evrard and Manasses, four scholars from the University of Paris.

They adopted the Augustinian rule and the Victorine usage and were approved by Pope Honorius III in 1219.

[3] The chapter general of the order, consisting of all the priors, met once annually in the mother house.

[7] The College of the Valley Scholars at Salisbury, founded in 1262 by Bishop Giles of Bridport, was probably connected to Val des Écoliers.

King Philip the Fair and his three sons (the future kings Louis X , Philip V and Charles IV ) alongside the monks of Val des Écoliers invoke Saint Louis in an illustration from the cartulary of Royallieux
The costume of a canon regular of Val des Écoliers
Statue of the Madonna from Notre-Dame de Belroy