List of Christian Religious Houses in Switzerland - B

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• Baulmes Priory (Prieuré de Baulmes, Prieuré Saint-Marie, Prieuré Notre-Dame et Saint-Michel) (dissolved) at Baulmes (Vaud): Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks (652-before 1123); Cluniacs (before 1123-1536/37)
• Beerenberg Abbey or Mariazell Abbey (Kloster Mariazell am Beerenberg) (dissolved), at Wülflingen (Winterthur): hermitage (1318-1355); Franciscan friars (1355–65); Augustinian Canons (1365-1527/28)
• Beinwil Abbey (Kloster Beinwil) (dissolved), at Beinwil (Solothurn): Benedictine monks (1085-1554)
• Bellelay Abbey (Abbaye de Bellelay) (dissolved), at Bellelay (Berne): Premonstratensians (1136-1797)
• Bellerive Abbey (Abbaye de Bellerive) (dissolved), at Collonge-Bellerive (Geneva): Cistercian nuns (1150-c.1542)
• Bellevaux Abbey (Abbaye de Bellevaux) (dissolved), at Lausanne (Vaud): Cistercian nuns (founded 1267/68; Cistercian from 1274x1293-1536)
• Bellinzona (Ticino):
  • Collegiate church (founded before 1168; extant)
  • Augustinian Canons (1444/45-1811/12)
  • Santa Maria della Grazie: Franciscan friars (1481x83-1848)
  • Jesuits (1646-1675)
  • Benedictine priory: monks (1675-1852)
  • Ursuline nuns (1730-1848)
• Benken Abbey (Kloster Benken) (dissolved), at Benken (St. Gallen): monks of unknown order, possibly Benedictine (before 741-mid/late 9th century)
• Berlai Priory or Mont-Berlai Priory (Prieuré de Berlai, Prieuré Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Berlai) (dissolved), at Avenches (Vaud): Benedictine monks (founded before 1134; deserted by 1216)
• Blonay Priory (Prieuré de Blonay) (dissolved), at Blonay (Vaud): Benedictine monks (before 1210-1536)
• Bollingen Priory (Kloster Bollingen) (dissolved), at Bollingen (St. Gallen): Cistercian nuns, later Premonstratensian nuns (founded shortly after 1229; dissolved 1267)
• Bonmont Abbey (Abbaye de Bonmont) (dissolved), at Chéserex (Vaud): Cistercian monks (1110x20-1536)
• Bremgarten (Aargau):
  • Capuchin friary, Bremgarten (dissolved): Capuchins (1617-1841)
  • St. Clare's Priory, Bremgarten (Frauenkloster St. Klara) (dissolved): Beguines (before 1406); Franciscan Tertiaries (1406-1798)
• Broc Priory (Prieuré de Broc) (dissolved), at Broc (Fribourg): Benedictine monks (before 1228-1577)
• Bubikon Commandery (Kommende Bubikon) (dissolved), at Bubikon (Zürich): Knights Hospitallers (1184x1198-1789)
• Burier Priory (Prieuré de Burier) (dissolved), at Montreux (Vaud): Benedictine monks (before 1163-1536)