Blosius
Louis de Blois, O.S.B., (October 1506 – 7 January 1566) was a Flemish monk and mystical writer, generally known under the name of Blosius. Life Louis was born at the château of Donstienne, near Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ..., of an illustrious family to which several crowned heads were allied.Alston, George Cyprian. "François-Louis Blosius." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 16 December 2022 He was one of the ten children born to Adrian de Blois, Sieur of Jumigny, and his wife Catharine Barbanson.
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Liessies Abbey
Liessies Abbey was a Rule of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery in the village of Liessies, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the Archdiocese of Cambrai and the ''département'' of Nord (département), Nord, France. First foundation It was founded in 751 and dedicated to Saint Lambert (martyr), Saint Lambert. It seems to have been destroyed twice in the following centuries. By tradition the founder is named as Wilbert, a Poitou, Poitevin nobleman, and the first abbot as his son Guntrad or Gondrad. Wilbert's daughter, Hiltrude of Liessies, Hiltrude, refused to marry and became a nun here. She died in 785. After miracles were reported at her tomb, the Bishop of Cambrai organised her formal veneration, but was unable to establish monks here, as the house was at that time in the possession of a community of Canon (priest), canons, who refused to co-operate. Benedictine foundation The Benedictine monastery was finally established between about 1095 and 1110 by Theodoric of Avesnes and his w ...
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