Convent of Bethany

Not to be confused with Convent of Saint Lazarus.

The Augustinian Convent of Bethany existed in Mechelen, Belgium, from 1421 to 1783.[1] It belonged to the Congregation of Windesheim.[2]

A notable occupant of the convent was Jacoba of Loon-Heinsberg, formerly the abbess of the Thorn Abbey in what is now the Netherlands, who withdrew to Bethany in 1455.[3] Her 1468 will indicates that a printing press was left to the convent.[4]

  1. ^ "Klooster van Bethanie te Mechelen". Rijksarchief van Belgie. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ Scheepsma, Wybren (2004). Medieval Religious Women in the Low Countries: The 'modern Devotion', the Canonesses of Windesheim, and Their Writings. Boydell & Brewer. p. 12. ISBN 9781843830481.
  3. ^ Derolez, Albert (1999). Corpus Catalogorum Belgii: Counts of Flanders, Provinces of East Flanders, Antwerp and Limburg. Paleis der Academiën. pp. 201–202.
  4. ^ Verspaandonk, J. A. J. M. (1875). Het hemels prentenboek: Devotie- en bidprentjes vanaf de 17e eeuw tot het begin van de 20e eeuw. Hilversum: Gooi en Sticht. p. 9. ISBN 9030400641.