Saint-Ghislain Abbey
Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain | |
 The chapel of the monastery's hospital | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of Saint Benedict |
| Established | around 650; Benedictine from around 940 |
| Disestablished | 1796 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Saint Ghislain |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 50°26′54″N 3°49′10″E / 50.44833°N 3.81944°ECoordinates: 50°26′54″N 3°49′10″E / 50.44833°N 3.81944°E |
Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain) was a monastery founded by Saint Ghislain around 650, located in Wallonia on the Haine (Hainaut, Belgium). It became a Benedictine monastery around 940, when reformed by Gérard of Brogne, and was suppressed in 1796.
History[]
On 2 June 965, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, confirmed Godfrey of Lower Lotharingia's gift to the abbey of 18 mansi of land in Villers-Saint-Ghislain.[1]
Notable members[]
References[]
- ^ D. Van Overstraeten, "Diploma van keizer Otto I voor de abdij van Saint-Ghislain, 965", tr. C. Vleeschouwers, in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 10-13.
See also[]
Categories:
- Christian monasteries in Hainaut (province)
- 1796 disestablishments in the Southern Netherlands
- Benedictine monasteries in Belgium
- Christian monasteries established in the 7th century
- 7th-century establishments in Francia
- Christian monasteries disestablished in the 18th century
- Christianity in Francia
- 7th-century churches in Belgium