French: Abbaye de Nivelles | |
.jpg) View of the Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude | |
  Location within Belgium | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Benedictine nuns; Canonesses Regular |
| Established | 640 |
| Disestablished | 1794 |
| Dedicated to | Saint Gertrude |
| Diocese | Liège |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Itta of Metz |
| Important associated figures | Saint Gertrude, Saint Amandus, Saint Foillan |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Functional status | Heritage Site |
| Completion date | 1049 (abbey church) |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 50°35′51″N 4°19′24″E / 50.59750°N 4.32333°E |
Nivelles Abbey (French: Abbaye de Nivelles) is a former Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 640.[1] It is located in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.[2][3]
- ^ van Uytven, R. (2004). Geschiedenis van Brabant : van het hertogdom tot heden. Zwolle: Waanders. p. 53. ISBN 9789085261018.
- ^ Anne-Marie Helvetius, Du monastère double au chapitre noble : moniales et chanoinesses en Basse-Lotharingie. In Les chapitres de dames nobles entre France et Empire, études réunies sous la direction de Michel Parisse et Pierre Heili. Éditions Messene, Paris, 1998.
- ^ Joseph Delmelle, Abbayes et béguinages de Belgique, Rossel Édition, Bruxelles, 1973, pp. 52 & 53.