Nivelles Abbey

Nivelles Abbey
French: Abbaye de Nivelles
Nivelles Abbey is located in Belgium
Nivelles Abbey
Location within Belgium
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine nuns; Canonesses Regular
Established640
Disestablished1794
Dedicated toSaint Gertrude
DioceseLiège
People
Founder(s)Itta of Metz
Important associated figuresSaint Gertrude, Saint Amandus, Saint Foillan
Architecture
StatusDestroyed
Functional statusHeritage Site
Completion date1049 (abbey church)
Site
Coordinates50°35′51″N 4°19′24″E / 50.59750°N 4.32333°E / 50.59750; 4.32333

Nivelles Abbey (French: Abbaye de Nivelles) is a former Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 640.[1] It is located in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.[2][3]

  1. ^ van Uytven, R. (2004). Geschiedenis van Brabant : van het hertogdom tot heden. Zwolle: Waanders. p. 53. ISBN 9789085261018.
  2. ^ Anne-Marie Helvetius, Du monastère double au chapitre noble : moniales et chanoinesses en Basse-Lotharingie. In Les chapitres de dames nobles entre France et Empire, études réunies sous la direction de Michel Parisse et Pierre Heili. Éditions Messene, Paris, 1998.
  3. ^ Joseph Delmelle, Abbayes et béguinages de Belgique, Rossel Édition, Bruxelles, 1973, pp. 52 & 53.

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