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Affligem Abbey
Abdij Affligem (Dutch)
The Abbey of Affligem
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General information
TypeAbbey
Town or cityAffligem, Flemish Brabant
CountryBelgium
Construction started1086

Affligem Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Affligem, French: Abbaye d'Affligem) is a Benedictine abbey in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, 19 km (12 mi) to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monastery in the Duchy of Brabant and therefore often called Primaria Brabantiae.

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Affligem Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Affligem, French: Abbaye d'Affligem) is a Benedictine abbey in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, 19 km...

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Affligem

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the village is best known for the Benedictine Affligem Abbey, founded in 1062. The abbey of Affligem was founded around 1074, making it one of the oldest...

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brewery in Opwijk, Belgium was licensed by the Affligem Abbey to brew beers under the Affligem Abbey brand name, along with their own Op-Ale, as well...

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Adeliza of Louvain

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she had seven children. In 1150, she left her husband to move to the Affligem Abbey in Brabant, where she died the following year. Adeliza was renowned...

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Beer in Belgium

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(1795–1799). Even then, some Abbey beers such as Affligem Abbey, whose name now appears on beers made by the Heineken-owned Affligem Brewery, resumed brewing...

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the Jesuits added the name "Maria". Founded in 1093 as a priory of Affligem Abbey (in modern Belgium) by the first Count Palatine of the Rhine Heinrich...

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Master of Affligem

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(c. 1493–1508; Brussels, Musée d'Art Ancien) These came from the abbey of Affligem in Brabant, providing the alternate name for the artist. The portraits...

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Vlierbeek Abbey

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sub-district Kessel-Lo. On the abbey site in 1127 a priory was founded by Affligem Abbey, to whom Godfrey I of Louvain had given the land on the Vlierbeek two...

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Benedictus van Haeften

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of Affligem Abbey and a writer of religious works. Haeften commissioned Rubens and De Crayer to decorate the church and the monastery in Affligem. Van...

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1062

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Almoravids which becomes their capital. Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem (modern Belgium). Bjørn Svendsen, Danish...

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Heysel Plateau

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sale of the Hof van Ossegem by the heirs of Meinard van Brussel to Affligem Abbey is documented, which also included the old Church of Our Lady of Laeken...

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List of English royal consorts

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1121 30 January 1121 1 December 1135 Husband's death 23 April 1151 Affligem Abbey Geoffrey V of Anjou Fulk V of Anjou Ermengarde of Maine 24 August 1113...

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Wavre

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built by the counts near the former Gallo-Roman villa was ceded to the Affligem Abbey a few years later. By the 13th century a market already existed in the...

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Forest Abbey

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abbey's 18th-century outbuildings have been preserved. They are now owned by the municipality and serve as a cultural centre. The abbots of Affligem Abbey...

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Beda Regaus

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Beda Regaus (1718–1808) was the provost of Affligem Abbey during the disturbances of the French Revolutionary Wars. He was also active as a monastic historian...

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Dendermonde Codex

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and finally it arrived in the famous Affligem Abbey, where the monks were chased out in 1796. In 1837, the Affligem community re-established conventual...

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Dendermonde Abbey

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1837, under the leadership of Dom Veremundus D’Haens, the community of Affligem Abbey, dispersed since 1796, re-established their conventual life in buildings...

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Saint Alena

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permission for Abbot Godeschalk of Affligem Abbey to enshrine Alena's remains in the Priory of Forest, then a dependency of Affligem, as the relics of a saint...

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Fortifications of Antwerp

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entirely disappeared) the Vierschaer (the tribunal) a refuge of the Affligem Abbey a brewery. During recent excavations behind the Vleeshuis on the intersection...

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Rudolph of Beringen

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Cambrai. He matriculated at the same time as Jean Pipenpoy, monk of Affligem abbey. Both graduated Bachelor of Canon Law on 12 May 1422, and Licentiate...

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Van Haeften

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the surname include: Benedictus van Haeften (1588–1648), provost of Affligem Abbey and writer of religious works Johnny Van Haeften (born 1952), British...

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Subiaco Cassinese Congregation

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2016: 12 monks Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Belgium (1062): 12 monks Dendermonde Abbey, Dendermonde, Belgium (1837): 11 monks St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge...

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1060s

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Almoravids which becomes their capital. Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem (modern Belgium). May 8 – Battle of Graus:...

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List of libraries in Belgium

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the SMAK, Ghent Library of Affligem Abbey Library of the Augustinians, Ghent Library of Averbode Abbey Library of Bornem Abbey Library of the Carmelite...

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Timeline of Belgian history

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1980), pp. 21–22. M. Grauwen, "Bekrachtiging der goederen van de abdij van Affligem, 1147", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in...

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