Saint-Ghislain Abbey

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°42′10″E / 50.44833°N 3.70278°E / 50.44833; 3.70278Coordinates: 50°26′54″N 3°42′10″E / 50.44833°N 3.70278°E / 50.44833; 3.70278

Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain) was a monastery founded by Saint Ghislain around 650, 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]

References

  1. ↑ 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.

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