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Saint Gertrude saving a house on fire, detail of a mural in the Crosier Monastery, Maastricht. Gertrude is the patron saint of the City of Nivelles. The towns of Geertruidenberg, Breda, and Bergen-op-Zoom in North Brabant, also are under her patronage. [20] Gertrude was also the patron saint of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers or Crutched ...
As early as the 9th century, Molenbeek was the site of a church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, following a bequest from Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, the mythical founder of Nivelles Abbey, whose statue adorns the current building's transept. There were successive buildings whose chronology and locations are not clearly determined. [3]
The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude (French: Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude) is a Roman Catholic collegiate church in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which was built in the 11th century. It is dedicated to Saint Gertude, the patron saint of cats.
Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659), founded the Abbey of Nivelles located in present-day Belgium Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), German Cistercian, mystic, and theologian Religious institutions and schools
Nivelles Abbey was founded in 640 by the widow of Pepin of Landen, Itta of Metz, along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles, with the support of the bishop, Saint Amand. The abbey began as a community of nuns ; they were joined later by Irish monks from Mont Saint-Quentin Abbey , sent by Abbot Foillan to give support to the nuns.
The two-meter-tall statue that strikes the hours in one of the towers (French: jacquemart) is affectionately known as "Jean de Nivelles". Jean dates from around 1400. The Recollets convent and its church date from the 16th century. Nivelles also has an archaeological museum, which complements the visit at Saint Gertrude.
Le Moyen âge retrouvé - De saint Louis à Viollet Le Duc: Le Maître de saint Eustache de la cathédrale de Chartres / Les problèmes de la peinture gothique et le Maître de saint Chéron de la cathédrale de Chartres. Vol. 2. Preface by Jean Bony and Jean Taralon. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-010932-4. Manhes-Deremble, Colette (1993).
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