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Category: Devotion to Mary

Westrozebeke – Veneration of Mary

Even before 1300, Mary was venerated in Westrozebeke. After the Battle of Westrozebeke on 27 November 1382, in which the Flemish, led by Philip van Artevelde (1340-1382), were defeated by a French…
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St-Truiden – Beguinage

The history of the Saint Agnes Beguinage spans many centuries. In 1258, Willem van Rijckel, Abbot of the Benedictine Sint-Trudo from 1248 to 1272, donated land in Sint-Truiden to the...
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Leuven - St. Peter's Church

On Leuven's Grote Markt stands the city's oldest church, namely St. Peter's Church. The church is a true work of art, both inside and out. St. Peter's Church is...
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Hoogstraten – Beguinage Church

In 1380, Jan V of Cuijk (1355-1382), of Grave, Asten and Hoogstraten, gave the land on which the beguinage was to be built to the Beguines. The beguinage was founded in 1380 and is…
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Chièvres – Our Lady of the Fountain

Between Brussels and Lille, in the province of Hainaut, lies the town of Chièvres. In the centre of the town, on Rue Notre Dame, stands the Neo-Gothic chapel “Notre-Dame-de-la-Fontaine” from 1893.
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