Brogne Abbey
Abbaye Saint-Gérard de Brogne | |
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | before 920 |
| Disestablished | 1796 |
| Diocese | Liège (to 1559); Namur (from 1559) |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | listed building |
| Designated date | 1995 |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 50°37′14″N 4°57′18″E / 50.6205°N 4.9549°E |
| Website | www |
Brogne Abbey (French: Abbaye de Brogne), also known as Saint-Gerard Abbey, was a Benedictine abbey founded in the early 10th century by Gerard of Brogne in the village of Brogne (now the Saint-Gérard subdivision of Mettet, Wallonia, Belgium).[1]
Gerard founded the abbey on his own land, with the blessing of Stephen of Liège (died 920), and obtained a relic of St Eugenius from the abbot of Saint-Denis. A charter of 923 granted land in Hesbaye to the monastery.
In 992 Otto III visited the abbey together with Notker of Liège and confirmed its independence and privileges.[2] In 1183 Pope Lucius III confirmed the abbey in all its possessions.[3]
In 1566 the revenues of the abbacy were assigned to the recently founded Diocese of Namur by a bull of Pope Pius IV. Thereafter the monastery was governed by a prior on behalf of the bishop of Namur. In 1656 the monastery was incorporated into the Bursfelde Congregation.[4] Just which revenues were due to the bishop remained subject to dispute, petitions and sometimes litigation until the abbey was suppressed in 1796.[5]
The buildings of the former monastery were acquired by the municipality of Mettet in 1974,[6] and were listed as built heritage in 1995. At least for some years, the early 80's, the abbey was used as a youth hostel by the Belgian Youth hostels association.[7] Since 2013 they have housed a microbrewery,[8] and since 2015 a centre for viticulture.
Abbots[edit]
- Gerard of Brogne (died 959)
- Heribert
- Guinebald
- Reiner
- Gonther
- Boso (died 1085)
- Guerimond
- Thomas
- Arnold (died 1106)
- Stephen (died 1114)
- Ebroin (died 1140)
- Gerard (died 1156)
- Godfrey (died 1161)
- Libuin (died 1185)
- Lambert (died 1234)
- Arnold (died 1192)
- Robert (died 1221/22)
- Thomas (died 1268)
- Gerard (died 1291)
- Lambert (died 1293)
- Baldwin of Riwenchies (died 1301)
- Thomas de Hanèche (died 1310)
- Gerard (died 1313)
- Alard (died 1353)
- Henri de Falize (died 1380)
- Jean Buffetial (died 1400)
- Walter de Falize
- Jean de Liernu (died 1433)
- Nicolas de Lesves (died 1448)
- Nicolas Cardin (died 1452)
- Guillaume de Graux (died 1483)
- Jacques Le Tourier (died 1503)
- Guillaume de Beez (died 1507)
- Thomas Badry (resigned 1512; died 1516)
- Guillaume Caulier (died 1550)
- Benoît de Mailly (died 1564)
Thereafter the bishops of Namur held the abbacy in commendam.
References[edit]
- ^ Ursmer Berlière, Monasticon Belge (Maredsous, 1897), pp. 28-38.
- ^ Berlière, p. 31.
- ^ Berlière, p. 33.
- ^ Berlière, p. 36.
- ^ fr:Pierre Héliot, review of Dom G. François, Notice archéologique sur l'ancienne abbaye de Saint-Gérard (Maredsous, 1956), in Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 114/1 (1956) pp. 304-306.
- ^ "St-Gérard de Brogne: Inauguration du centre vivant de la vigne ces 21 et 22 mars".
- ^ "Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Énergie".
- ^ "Home". abbayedebrogne.be.
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