Abbey of Val des Écoliers, Verbiesles

[1][2] In 1212, Bishop Guillaume de Joinville granted them property in the valley of the Marne.

They followed the Rule of Saint Augustine and their statutes were inspired by those of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris.

In 1219, with the approval of Pope Honorius III, it became the mother house of a new Augustinian order, the Écoliers du Christ [fr].

[1] In 1234, under Prior Manasses, the monastery was moved 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) down the valley to land donated by Bishop Robert de Thorotte.

[1] Known as the Château du Val des Écoliers, it was given by Charles Bourlon de Rouvre [fr] to John Joseph Pershing for use as his headquarters during World War I.