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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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    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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    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 (redirect from Abbey beer)
    (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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  • arrived on 17 August 1117 from Affligem Abbey. In 1188, the priory was elevated to an abbey and became independent of Affligem, thus beginning a period of...
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    spent his last years in the abbey of Affligem. He died of old age on 25 January 1139 and was buried in the left aisle of the abbey church. He is sometimes...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    abbeys can be found: Averbode Abbey Affligem Abbey Bornem Abbey Forest Abbey Grimbergen Abbey Groenendael Priory Dieleghem Abbey St. Bernard's Abbey,...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    Netherlands and in Belgium. A number of originally German monks remained at Affligem Abbey in central Belgium, as part of this German monastic diaspora, and in...
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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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  • 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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    1255) Marie, died young Marie died on 15 August 1224 and was buried at Affligem Abbey. Pollock 2015, p. 268. Bradbury 2007, p. 184. Bradbury 1998, p. 185...
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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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    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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  • natural philosopher Benedictus van Haeften (1588–1648), Provost of Affligem Abbey and a writer of religious works Benedictus Spinoza (1632–1677), also...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    château he built in the village of Moorsel in 1546. He was Abbot of Affligem Abbey between 1521–1564.[citation needed] Bietenholz, Peter G.; Thomas Brian...
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