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Saint-Ghislain Abbey
Saint-Ghislain Abbey (''Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain'') was a monastery founded by Saint Ghislain around 650, located in Wallonia on the Haine ( Hainaut, Belgium). It became a Benedictine monastery around 940, when reformed by Gérard of Brogne, and was suppressed in 1796. History On 2 June 965, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, confirmed Godfrey of Lower Lotharingia's gift to the abbey of 18 mansi of land in Villers-Saint-Ghislain.D. Van Overstraeten, "Diploma van keizer Otto I voor de abdij van Saint-Ghislain, 965", tr. C. Vleeschouwers, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'' (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 10-13. Notable members * Mathieu Moulart References {{Reflist See also * List of Christian monasteries in Belgium This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic. A * Achel Abbey (''Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel'', ''de Achelse Kluis'' ...
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Order Of Saint Benedict
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a Christian monasticism, monastic Religious order (Catholic), religious order of the Catholic Church following the Rule of Saint Benedict. They are also sometimes called the Black Monks, in reference to the colour of their religious habits. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his Rule of Saint Benedict. Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy but are instead organised as a collection of autonomous monasteries. The order is represented internationally by the Benedictine Confederation, an organisation set up in 1893 to represent the order's shared interests. They do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction, but elect an Abbot Primate to represent themselves to the Holy See, Vatican and to the worl ...
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Mathieu Moulart
Mathieu Moulart (1536–1600), alternatively Moullart or Moulard, was an abbot and bishop in the Habsburg Netherlands. Life Moulart was born in the village of Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul in 1536, the son of the labourers Jean and Antoinette Pronnier. He entered Saint-Ghislain Abbey around 1553 and made his final vows in 1557. In 1559 he was sent to Leuven University where he graduated Licentiate and then Doctor of Sacred Theology. He returned to his monastery on 3 February 1564 and was enthroned as its new abbot on 14 January 1565. As abbot he took steps to identify and punish heretics and sorcerers in Dour. Ch. Piot, "Moulart (Mathieu)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 15(Brussels, 1899), 306-311. In 1566, as gangs of iconoclasts were moving through the county, he armed the citizens of Saint-Ghislain to resist them. Warned of these preparations, the image-breakers stayed away from the town. Moulart also founded a school for the citizens' children. He was closely involved in ...
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Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the A ...
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Saint Ghislain
Saint Ghislain (died 9 October 680) was a confessor and anchorite in Belgium. He died at the town named after him, Saint-Ghislain. Life He was probably of Germanic origin. Ghislain lived in the province of Hainaut in the time of Amandus (d. 679) and saints Waltrude, Aldegonde, and Amalberga of Maubeuge. With two disciples, Lambert and Berler, he made a clearing in the vicinity of ''Castrilocus'' (now Mons, in Hainault), taking up later his abode at a place called ''Ursidongus'', where he built an oratory or chapel dedicated to Saint Peter and Paul the Apostle.Van der Essen, Léon. "St. Ghislain." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 3 December 2021