Robrecht Holman

Robrecht Holman
Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey

Robrecht Holman adoring the Saviour of the World
Elected 1568
Term ended 1579
Personal details
Born 1521
Sluis, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Died 29 December 1579
Bruges, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands

Robrecht Holman (1521–1579) was the 36th abbot of Dunes.[1]

Life

Holman was born in Sluis in 1521 and entered the Abbey of Dunes as a youth. In 1568 he was elected abbot. His abbacy was marked by the stresses of the opening years of the Dutch Revolt. He died in Bruges on 29 December 1579 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the church of the Poor Clares.[2]

Two portraits of Holman were exhibited in the 1902 Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges.[3]

Portrait of Robrecht Holman (1571)

References

  1. R. De Schepper, "Robert Holman, 36e abbé des Dunes (1569-1579)", Annales de la Société d'émulation de Bruges 60-61 (1910), pp. 176-177.
  2. William Henry James Weale, Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien (Bruges, 1902), p. 119.
  3. Georges H. de Loo, Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles, exhibition catalogue (Ghent, 1902), pp. 81-82.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Pierre Helline
Abbot of Dunes
1568 – 1579
Succeeded by
Laurent van den Berghe
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