Order Of Val Des Écoliers
The Order of Val des Écoliers (,, quoting a contemporary list of orders by Jacques de Vitry. '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 Abbey of Val des Écoliers, Verbiesles, 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 Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris, Victorine usage and were approved by Pope Honorius III in 1219. The name 'Valley of Scholars' was in use by 1215 and William was the first Prior (ecclesiastical), prior of the order. The title prior was initially preferred to abbot out of humility. The prior of the mother house (and of the order as a whole) was elected by its canons in the presence of the priors of the first three daughter houses, Bonvaux, Belroy and . The chapter general of the order, con ...
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