List of Christian monasteries in Belgium

Former Sint-Pietersabdij (Gent)

This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic.

Contents

A

Achel Abbey (Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel, de Achelse Kluis or Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus) (extant), part in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium, and part in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands: Trappist monks^[1]
Affligem (Flemish Brabant):
- Affligem Abbey (Abdij van Affligem) (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks
- Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (dissolved) (Abdij Maria Mediatrix en Sant Wivina): Benedictine nuns
Aldeneik Abbey (Abdij van Aldeneik) at Aldeneik, Maaseik, Limburg: Benedictine nuns, later canons regular
Amay, former commune of Jehay (Liège):
- Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay) (dissolved): Cistercian nuns (1244-1797)
- Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to form Chevetogne Abbey: Benedictine monks. The premises now accommodate the Centre de perfectionnement aux métiers du patrimoine and the Maison du tourisme Hesbaye et Meuse^[2]
Antwerp:
- St. Saviour's Abbey, Antwerp (Abdij SintSalvator Antwerpen): Cistercian monks
- Antwerp Charterhouse: Carthusians
Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton) at Lonzée, Gembloux (Namur): Cistercian nuns
Assebroek, see Steenbrugge
Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
Aubechies Abbey (Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint-Géry d'Aubechies) at Aubechies (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
Aulne Abbey (Abbaye d'Aulne) at Gozée (Hainaut): Benedictine monks, then secular clergy, then Augustinian canons, then Cistercian monks
Averbode Abbey (Abdij van Averbode) (extant) at Averbode, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
Aywiers Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers) at Aywiers, Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasnes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

B

Baudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo or Baudeloo) at Klein-Sinaai (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Beaupré Abbey (Abdij van Beaupré) at Grimminge (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Beaurepart Abbey (Abbaye du Beaurepart) in Liège: Premonstratensians
Ter Beeck Abbey (Abdij Ter Beeck) at Halle-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant: Cistercian nuns
Béguinages (Begijnhofen) at:
- Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren
Bethlehem Abbey, see Bonheiden
Bijloke Abbey, also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke or Abbaye de la Byloque) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian monks
Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant: Premonstratensians
Boneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe) at Éghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks (from 1461)
Bonheiden Abbey or Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns
Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance^[3]) at Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Estinnes (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
Bornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem
Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat) at Braschaat (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
Brecht Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Brecht (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (refoundation of the earlier house at Lier) at Brecht (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
Brialmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Brialmont) (extant), in the former Château de Brialmont, Tilff (Liège): Trappist nuns^[4]
Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne) at Saint-Gérard, Mettet (Namur): Benedictine monks (founded 919)
Bruges, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, and St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges
Brussels:
- English Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles): English Benedictine nuns in exile

C

La Cambre Abbey (Abbaye de la Cambre or Abdij Ter Kameren) at Ixelles, Brussels: Cistercian nuns
Cambron Abbey (Abbaye de Cambron-Casteau) at Brugelette (Hainaut): Cistercian monks^[5]
Celles Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Hadelin de Celles-sur-Lesse) at Celles, Houyet (Namur): either Benedictine monks, or a men's collegiate foundation
Chercq Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Chercq) (dissolved) at Chercq near Tournai (Hainaut): Carthusians
Chevetogne Abbey (Abbaye de Chevetogne) at Ciney (Namur): Benedictine monks of both Latin and Byzantine rites^[6]
Chimay (Hainaut):
- St. Monegonde's Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Sainte-Monégonde de Chimay) (dissolved): Benedictine monks
- Sts. Peter and Paul's Abbey, Chimay: men's collegiate foundation
- Our Lady of Peace Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Chimay): Cistercian nuns, from 1919
- see also Scourmont Abbey
Clairefontaine Abbey (Abbaye de Clairefontaine) near Arlon (Luxembourg): Trappist nuns
Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon) in Liège: Premonstratensian double house
Cortenberg, see Kortenberg

D

Dendermonde Abbey or Saints Peter and Paul's Abbey, Dendermonde (Sint Pieters-en-Paulusabdij, Dendermonde) at Dendermonde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Dielegem Abbey (Abbaye de Dieleghem) at Dielegem in Jette (Brussels): Augustinian Canons 1095-1140, thereafter Premonstratensians
Dikkelvenne Abbey (Abdij van Dikkelvenne), moved to Geraardsbergen in 1081, at Dikkelvenne, Gavere (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Ter Doest Abbey (Abdij Ter Doest) at Lissewege, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian monks
Doornzele Abbey (Abdij van Doornzele) at Evergem (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Ten Duinen Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten Duinen or Abdij Ten Duinen; Abbaye des Dunes) at Koksijde (West Flanders): Cistercian monks

E

Eekhout Abbey (Sint-Bartholomeusabdij), Bruges, West Flanders: Augustinian canons
Ename Abbey (Sint-Salvatorabdij) at Ename, Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Enghien Charterhouse (Chartreuse d'Enghien) at Enghien (Hainaut): Carthusian monks
Épinlieu Abbey (Abbaye d'Épinlieu) at Mons (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
Ermeton Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ermeton-sur-Biert) at Ermeton-sur-Biert (Namur): Benedictine nuns^[7] There are ruins nearby of an earlier monastery, of which nothing is known

F

Floreffe Abbey (Abbaye de Floreffe) at Floreffe (Namur): Premonstratensians
Florennes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Florennes) at Florennes (Namur): Benedictine monks^[8]
Florival Abbey (Abbaye de Florival) at Archennes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Forest Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Forest-lez-Bruxelles) at Forest-lez-Bruxelles (Brussels): Benedictine nuns

G

Gembloux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Exupère de Gembloux) at Gembloux (Namur): Benedictine monks
Geraardsbergen Abbey (Abdij van Geraardsbergen), previously at Dikkelvenne, at Geraardsbergen (East Flanders): Benedictine monks^[9]
Ghent, East Flanders:
- St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Baafsabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
- English Ladies (Abbaye des Dames anglaises), Ghent: English Benedictine nuns in exile
- St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
- Abbaye Notre-Dame du Rijke Gasthuis, Ghent: Benedictine nuns
Ghislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien) at Ghislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
Gistel Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Godelieve de Gistel or Abdij Ten Putte) (extant) at Gistel (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Grand-Bigard Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Wivine du Grand-Bigard) at Grand-Bigard, Dilbeek: Benedictine nuns
Grandpré Abbey (Abbaye de Grandpré) at Gesves (Namur): Cistercian monks
Grimbergen Abbey (Abdij van Grimbergen) at Grimbergen (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
Groeninge Abbey (Abdij van Groeninge) at Kortrijk (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

H

Haaltert Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Géry de Haaltert) at Haaltert (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Hastière Abbey (Abbaye d'Hastière) at Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
Hemelsdaele Abbey (Abdij van Hemelsdaele) at Hemelsdaele, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Hemiksem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
Hérinnes Charterhouse (Chartreuse de la Chapelle à Hérinnes) at Hérinnes (Flemish Brabant): Carthusian monks
Herkenrode Abbey (Abdij van Herkenrode) at Herkenrode, Hasselt (formerly Kuringen) (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
Heylissem Abbey (Abdij van Heylissem) at Hélécine (Walloon Brabant): Premonstratensians
Hocht Abbey (Abdij van Hocht) at Lanaken (Limburg): Cistercian monks, then Cistercian nuns

J

Le Jardinet Abbey (Abbaye du Jardinet) at Walcourt (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1430, then Cistercian monks

K

Keizersberg Abbey, also Mont César Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg, Abdij Regina Coeli, Abbaye du Mont César) in Leuven: Benedictine monks^[10]
Klaarland Priory or Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland (Priorij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Klaarland) at Lozen, Bocholt (Limburg): Trappist nuns
Kortenberg Abbey (Abdij van Kortenberg) at Kortenberg (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns^[11]

L

Leffe Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Leffe) (extant) at Leffe, Dinant (Namur): Premonstratensians
Liège:
- Peace of Our Lady Abbey, Liège (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Liège): Benedictine nuns
- St. James' Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Liège): Benedictine monks
- St. Laurence's Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Liège): Benedictine monks
Lier Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Lier (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (later refounded at Brecht: see Brecht Abbey) at Lier (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
Lier, see Hemiksem
Lieu-Saint-Bernard Abbey, otherwise Abbaye Saint-Bernard-sur-l'Escaut: see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
Lobbes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes) (dissolved) at Lobbes, Hainaut: Benedictine monks^[12]
Leuven (Flemish Brabant):
- Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
- St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
- St. Monica's, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
- St. Michael's College, Leuven: Jesuits
Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey

M

The Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames or Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier at Marche-les-Dames (Namur)

Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Maegdendael Abbey (Abdij van Maegdendael) at Oplinter (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Malmedy Abbey (Abbaye de Malmedy) at Malmedy (Liège): administered together with Stavelot Abbey as the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks
Malonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne) (dissolved) at Malonne (Namur): Benedictine monks^[13]
Marche-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames or Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier) at Marche-les-Dames (Namur): women's community of no known order until c. 1235, then Cistercian nuns to 1856; Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul to 1880, Ursulines to 1914, Carmelite sisters to 1973; non-religious boarding school to 1980; the Little Sisters of Bethlehem to 2000; now occupied by the lay community Madonna House^[14]^[15]
Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret) (extant) at Anhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns^[16]
Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous) (extant) at Denée (Namur): Benedictine monks^[17]
Menin Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Menin or Abbaye des Saints-Anges) at Menen (Menin) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Merkem Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame de Merkem) at Merkem (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Mesen Abbey or Messines Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Messines) at Mesen (Messines) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Mons Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Mons) at Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
Mont César Abbey (Abbaye du Mont César), see Keizersberg Abbey
Mont Cornillon, see Cornillon Abbey
Mont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or) at Wevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Moorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel) at Moorsel, Aalst (East Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Moulins-Warnant Abbey (Abbaye de Moulins-Warnant) at Anhée (Namur): community of women (no known rule), then Cistercian nuns 1233-1414, then Cistercian monks
Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen) at Munsterbilzen, Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nuns

N

Namur Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Namur) at Namur: Cistercians
Nazareth, Our Lady of, see Brecht and Lier
Nieuwpoort Charterhouse (Kartuize Nieuwpoort), also known as Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse: English Carthusians in exile
Nivelles Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Nivelles) at Nivelles (Walloon Brabant): women's collegiate foundation
Nizelles Abbey (Abbaye de Nizelles) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks^[18]
Nouveau-Bois Abbey (Abbaye du Nouveau-Bois) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

O

Abbaye de l'Olive at Morlanwelz (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
Oost-Eecloo Abbey (Abdij van Oost-Eekloo) at Eeklo (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Orienten Abbey (Abbaye d'Orienten) at Rummen (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) (extant) at Villers-devant-Orval, Florenville (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks, then Canons Regular, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks^[19]
Oudenaarde Abbey (Abdji van Oudenaarde) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Oudenbourg Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Oudenbourg) at Oudenbourg: Benedictine monks

P

Park Abbey (Abdij van 't Park) at Heverlee, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
Parc-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Parc-les-Dames) at Wesemael: Cistercian nuns
Postel Abbey (Abdij van Postel) (extant) at Postel, Mol (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
Ten Putte Abbey, see Gistel

Q

Quévy Abbey (Abbaye de Quévy) at Quévy (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

R

La Ramée Abbey (Abbaye de la Ramée) (extant) at Jauchelette, Jodoigne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns^[20]
Renaix Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Renaix) at Ronse (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
Robermont Abbey (Abbaye de Robermont) at Robermont (Liège): Cistercian nuns
Rochefort Abbey or St. Rémy's Abbey, Rochefort (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) (extant) at Rochefort (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1464, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks^[21]
Roeulx Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Feuillien du Roeulx) at Le Roeulx (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
Ten Roosen Abbey (Abdij Ten Roosen) at Aalst (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
Roosendael Abbey (Abdij van Roosendael) at Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Antwerp): Cistercian nuns
Rothem Abbey (Abdij van Rothem) at Haelen (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
Rouge-Cloître Abbey in south-eastern Brussels: Augustinian.

S

Saint-Hubert

St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij SintAndries Brugge) at Zevenkerken, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks^[22]
St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerly Bornem Abbey (Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem or Abdij van Bornem) at Bornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks^[23]
St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, also St. Bernard's Abbey on the Scheldt (Sint Bernaerdts op Scheldt or Sint Bernardusabdij) at Hemiksem (Antwerp) (moved to St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem, in 1836): Cistercian monks^[24]
Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie) at Saint-Denis, Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
St. Gertrude's Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain-la-Neuve) at Louvain-la-Neuve: Benedictine nuns^[25]
- see also St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven
Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain or Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de la Celle) at Saint-Ghislain (Hainaut): Benedictines
St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge) (extant) in Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks^[26]
St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp: Premonstratensians
Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort
St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren
Sint-Truiden (Limburg):
- St. Trudo's Abbey (Abdij van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine monks
- St. Catherine's Abbey, Sint-Truiden (Abdij Sint-Katrien van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine nuns
- Zeppern Charterhouse, see Zepperen
St. Trudo's Abbey (Sint-Trudoabdij), Male, Bruges, West Flanders: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
Salzinnes Abbey (Abbaye de Salzinnes) at Salzinnes (Namur): Cistercian nuns
Saulchoir Abbey (Abbaye du Saulchoir) at Kain in Tournai (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
Scheut Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Scheut) at Anderlecht (Brussels): Carthusian monks
Scourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont) (extant) at Forges, Chimay (Hainaut): Trappist monks^[27]
Sheen Anglorum, see Nieuwpoort Charterhouse
Soleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont) (extant) at Gilly (Hainaut): Trappist nuns
Solières Abbey (Abbaye de Solières) at Ben-Ahin (Liège): Cistercian nuns
Spermaillie Abbey (Abbaye de Spermaillie) at Bruges: Cistercian nuns
Stavelot Abbey (Abbaye de Stavelot) at Stavelot (Liège): together with Malmedy Abbey formed the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks^[28]
Steenbrugge Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge) (extant) in Assebroek, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

T

Tongerlo Abbey (Abdij van Tongerlo) (extant) at Tongerlo, Westerlo (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
Tongeren Abbey (Abdij van Tongeren) at Tongeren (Limburg): Benedictine monks
Tournai Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai) at Tournai (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

V

Val-Benoît Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Benoît) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
Val-du-Ciel Abbey (Abbaye de Val-du-Ciel) at Ophoven (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
Val-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Dieu or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu; Abdij van Godsdal) at Aubel (Liège): Cistercian monks^[29]
Val-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Notre-Dame) at Antheit (Liège): Cistercian nuns
Val-Saint-Bernard Abbey (Abbaye du Val-Saint-Bernard) at Diest (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Saint-Lambert): Cistercian monks
Abbaye du Val-Saint-Georges, Cistercians: see Salzinnes
Val des Vierges, see Ghislenghien Abbey
Valduc Abbey (Abbaye de Valduc) at Hamme-Mille, Beauvechain (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Vellereille-les-Brayeux, see Bonne-Esperance Abbey
La Vignette Abbey (Abbaye de la Vignette) at Leuven: Cistercian nuns
Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville) at Villers-la-Ville (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks^[30]
Vivegnis Abbey (Abbaye de Vivegnis) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
Vivier, Abbaye Notre-Dame du, see Marche-les-Dames Abbey
Vlierbeek Abbey (Abbaye de Vlierbeek) at Kessel-Lo, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine monks

W

Waulsort Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Waulsort) at Waulsort, Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
Wauthier-Braine Abbey (Abbaye de Wauthier-Braine) at Wauthier-Braine (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
Wavreumont Abbey (Abbaye Saint Remacle de Wavreumont) at Wavreumont (Liège): Benedictine monks^[31]
Westmalle Abbey (Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Westmalle) at Malle (Antwerp): Trappist monks^[32]
Westvleteren Abbey or St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtus-Abdij) (extant) at Westvleteren (West Flanders): Trappist monks^[33]

Y

Ypres (West Flanders):
- Irish Ladies (Abbaye des Dames irlandaises d'Ypres): Irish Benedictine nuns in exile
- St. John au Mont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-au-Mont d'Ypres): Benedictine monks

Z

Zelem Charterhouse at Zelem near Halen (Limburg): Carthusians^[34]
Zepperen Charterhouse (dissolved) at Zepperen, Sint-Truiden (Limburg): Carthusians
Zevenkerken, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges
Zonnebeke Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Zonnebeke) at Zonnebeke, Ypres (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
Zwijveke Abbey (Abdij van Zwijveke) at Zwijveke, Dendermonde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Notes

↑ "Achelse Kluis". Achelse Kluis. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑
↑ "Good Hope Abbey"
↑ "brialmont.be". brialmont.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ 1148-?
↑ "monasterechevetogne.com". monasterechevetogne.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "ermeton.be". ermeton.be. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ 1010-1796
↑ dedicated at first to Saint Peter, after 1175 to Saint Adrian
↑ founded as a Francophone house, Mont César Abbey; became Flemish-speaking with its name in the Dutch form Keizersberg in 1968 in connection with language reforms in the University of Leuven, formerly University of Louvain
↑ 1095-1798; 1933-, used as a retreat centre etc by various Roman Catholic orders
↑ 654-1796
↑ 685-?
↑ "église de Marche-les-Dames". Users.belgacom.net. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "Maison Notre-Dame - Madonna House - Marche-les-Dames, Belgium". Madonna House. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "Maredret - Abbaye de Maredret". Maredret.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "maredsous.be". maredsous.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "abbayedenizelles.be". abbayedenizelles.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "orval.be". orval.be. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ Maidez (2005-11-15). "Abbaye de La Ramée". Ramee.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "trappistes-rochefort.com". trappistes-rochefort.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "sint-andriesabdij.org". sint-andriesabdij.org. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ first community of Dominican friars, 1603 to 1797; premises acquired 1836 by the community of St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, who resettled here
↑ fdd 1243 at Lier, moved to Hemiksem 1246
↑ closed 2006; nuns moved to Ermeton
↑ 810-1610
↑ "scourmont.be". scourmont.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "abbayedestavelot.be" (in French). abbayedestavelot.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "evolutionbuilder.com". evolutionbuilder.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ 1146-1796
↑ revival of the former community at Stavelot
↑ "L’Abbaye Notre-Dame Du Sacré-Cœur De Westmalle". Trappistwestmalle.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "L'Abbaye de Saint-Sixte &#224 Westvleteren". Sintsixtus.be. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ 1329-1796

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