Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude, Nivelles

Coordinates: 50°35′51″N 4°19′24″E / 50.59750°N 4.32333°E / 50.59750; 4.32333
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Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude
Liège
Clergy
ArchbishopJozef De Kesel
(Primate of Belgium)

The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude (

cats
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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
.

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
.

Noble Canonesses of Nivelles

A noble canonesse 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.

Burials

Gallery

  • The westwork
    The westwork
  • Facade and southern door
    Facade and southern door
  • Nave of the church
    Nave of the church

References

  1. ^ Den grooten Brugschen almanak: benevens het hof van syne koninglycke hoogheyt Charles Alexander ... : Voor het schrickel-jaer./ by Petrus de Sloovere
  2. ^ Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano, Suite du supplément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, Volumes 3-4