Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude, Nivelles
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Archbishop | Jozef De Kesel (Primate of Belgium) |
The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude (
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History
This church was built to serve
Bishop of Liège, in the presence of the Emperor Henry III. It is an example both of Mosan art and of Ottonian architecture
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With the growing membership of members of the nobility among the nuns starting in the 12th century, the community gradually changed its character from its monastic one until it had become a community of
canonesses regular by the 15th century, at the latest. At that point, the church acquired its status of collegiate church
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Claudine Donnay-Rocmans writes in the Patrimoine majeur de Wallonie that the interior dimensions recall: "the splendour of the Ottonian liturgy, as people are able to know it from the Abbey of Essen (Germany)".[1]
The
Battle of Belgium
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Noble Canonesses of Nivelles
The noble chapter of the canonesses regular became very known and had important privileges. Most of the noble canonesses were daughters of important families.
- Ursule, Countess of Berlo, abbess[2]
- Marie Magdeleine de Montmorency, daughter of John II de Montmorency, prince of Robecque[3]
- Marie Anne of Grave, granddaughter of Gilles van der Noot, Baron of Carloo
- Barbe Josephine of Grave, idem
- Marie Philippe of Grave, idem
- Marie Albertine de Berghes-Saint-Winoc (1726–)
- Marie d'Oyenbrugghe de Duras
- Marie Isabella de la Tour et Taxis, daughter of Eugene Alexandre, married later to Guillaume Alexandre de Wignacourt, Count of Lannoy
- Maria Clara de 't Serclaes, daughter of Count John 't Serclaes
- Antoinette Francoise of Arberg, daughter of Count Nicolas of Arberg
- Marie Josepha Taye, daughter of the Marquess of Wemmel, married to the Marquess of Assche
- Isabeau-Angélique Van Zuylen, said d'Erpe
- Helen de Lannoy, daughter of Valentin
- Anna Maria de Robles, daughter of Jean de Roblès, 1st Count of Annappes, married to Conrad d'Ursel
- Marie-Francoise d'Estourmel, married to Jean-Francois de Jauche
Burials
- Itta of Metz, foundress of the abbey
- Gertrude of Nivelles, first abbess of the monastery which this church served
- Ermentrude, daughter of Hedwig of France
Gallery
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The westwork
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Facade and southern door
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Nave of the church
References
- ISBN 2-87401-015-4
- ^ Den grooten Brugschen almanak: benevens het hof van syne koninglycke hoogheyt Charles Alexander ... : Voor het schrickel-jaer./ by Petrus de Sloovere
- ^ Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano, Suite du supplément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, Volumes 3-4