The Simplon Hospice is a large building where travellers and merchants can get food, accommodation and shelter from the harsh climate. In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The hospice has always been run by the Canons of Saint Augustine.[1]
The Simplon Hospice is located above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[2]
| Priors[3] [4] | |
|---|---|
| Period | Prior |
| 1802 (Juli/Aug) | Gabriel d’Allèves |
| 1802–1807 | Laurent-Hippolyte Ballet |
| 1807–1821 | Gabriel d’Allèves |
| 1821–1835 | Etienne-Sébastien Pellaux |
| 1835 | Jean-Baptiste Darbellay |
| 1836–1858 | Pierre-Joseph Barras |
| 1858–1861 | Pierre-Joseph Deléglise |
| 1862–1875 | Basile Frossard |
| 1876–1877 | Camille Rosset |
| 1877–1892 | Angelin Carron |
| 1898–1910 | Maurice Borter |
| 1910–1930 | André Favre |
| 1930–1934 | Candide Borgeat |
| 1934–1940 | Etienne Coquoz |
| 1940–1943 | Clément Moulin |
| 1943–1946 | Fabien Melly |
| 1946–1950 | Antoine Mudry |
| 1950–1952 | Lucien Quaglia |
| 1952–1959 | René Giroud |
| 1959–1966 | Gratien Volluz |
| 1966–1968 | Paul Bruchez |
| 1968–1971 | Jean Emonet |
| 1971–1974 | Jean-Claude Ducrey |
| 1974–1983 | Benoît Vouilloz |
| 1983–1995 | Klaus Sarbach |
| 1995–2007 | Michel Praplan |
| 2007–2009 | Jean-Pierre Voutaz |
| 2009–2012 | Daniel Salzgeber |
| 2012–2015 | Jean-Pascal Genoud |
| 2015–2023 | François Lamon |
| 2023–today | Daniel Salzgeber |