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Landry Of Soignies
Landry, Landric, Landericus, or Landry of Soignies, commonly known as Saint Landry of Metz (died 17 April 700 AD) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz, Benedictines, Benedictine abbot of Haumont and Soignies, and a Franks, Frankish saint. He was the son of Saint Waltrude and Madelgaire. Biography Landry was born in the 7th century in the pagus Pagus of Hainaut, Hainoensis, Austrasia, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia (now Hainaut Province, Belgium).Lalieu, L. (1886). Vie de S. Vincent Madelgaire et de saint Wandru, son épouse, princes et partrons du Hainaut. (n.p.): Decallonne-Liagre. Landry was born to Saint Waltrude and Vincent Madelgarius. He had three siblings which included Aldetrude, Aldetrude of Maubeuge, Madelberte of Maubeuge, and Dentelin of Mons. He was the grandson of Saint Walbert IV and Saint Bertille of Thuringia, Bertille, and had an aunt, Saint Aldegund, who was the first abbess of Maubeuge. Saint Landry maintained great regularity at the Abbey of Haumont founded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagus Of Hainaut
The County of Hainaut (french: Comté de Hainaut; nl, Graafschap Henegouwen; la, comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled what is now the border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons ( nl, Bergen), now in Belgium, and Valenciennes, now in France. The core of the county was named after the river Haine. It stretched southeast to include the '' Avesnois'' region and southwest to the Selle (Scheldt tributary). In the Middle Ages, it also gained control of part of the original ''pagus'' of Brabant to its north and the ''pagus'' of Oosterbant to the east, but they were not part of the old ''pagus'' of Hainaut. In modern terms, the original core of Hainaut consisted of the central part of the Belgian province of Hainaut, and the eastern part of the French ''département'' of Nord (the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Valenciennes). Hainaut already appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldetrude
Aldetrude (died 696, or 526) was a Christian saint and from 684 was abbess of Maubeuge Abbey Maubeuge Abbey (french: Abbaye de Maubeuge) was a women's monastery in Maubeuge, in the County of Hainaut, now northern France, close to the modern border with Belgium. It is best known today as the abbey founded by St. Aldegonde, still a popular ... in the County of Hainault, now in northern France. She is also known as Aldetrude de Maubeuge, Aldetrude of Maubod, Aldetrudis and Adeltrude. She was one of the four children of Saint Waltrude, also known as Waldetrude, her siblings being Saint Landericus, a bishop of Paris; Saint Dentelin who died very young; and Saint Madelberta, who was also abbess of Maubeuge. Her aunt Aldegonde, her mother's sister, was the first abbess of Maubeuge; Aldetrude was sent into her care as a girl and then succeeded her, and her sister Madelberte was the third abbess. She died and is celebrated on the 25 or 27 February. The exact year of her death is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Joseph Voisin
Charles-Joseph Voisin (1802–1872) was a Belgian Catholic clergyman and art historian. Life Voisin was born in Frasnes-lez-Buissenal Frasnes-lez-Buissenal is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a ... on 5 December 1802. He studied at the college of Tournai and the college of Soignies. He was ordained priest in 1825 and served in a number of different parishes until 1837, when he was appointed episcopal archivist. In 1844 he became Vicar General of the diocese of Tournai. He played an important role in the restoration of Tournai Cathedral in the 1840s, and subsequently in the restoration of other medieval churches in the diocese. At the foundation of the Guild of St Thomas and St Luke, he was elected first president. He died on 5 June 1872 and was buried in a crypt in Willemeau (now a subdivis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicar General
A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The title normally occurs only in Western Christian churches, such as the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Among the Eastern churches, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Kerala uses this title and remains an exception. The title for the equivalent officer in the Eastern churches is syncellus and protosyncellus. The term is used by many religious orders of men in a similar manner, designating the authority in the Order after its Superior General. Ecclesiastical structure In the Roman Catholic Church, a diocesan bishop must appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. While the English word ''saint'' originated in Christianity, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", referring to the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydulphe Of Lobbes
Hydulphe, Hydulphus, Hidulphe, Hidulf, commonly known as Hydulphe of Lobbes () was a Frankish saint who helped Saint Landelin establish Lobbes Abbey, Crespin Abbey, and Aulne Abbey. Biography Saint Hydulphe was born in 630 AD in Austrasia, Francia during the Middle Ages. He was the grandson of Walbert III. His father, Brunulphe II, was the son of Brunulphe of Cambrésis. Hydulphe became the husband of Saint Aye, his cousin and the daughter of Brunulphe, Count of the Ardennes (Saint Walbert IV's younger brother). Aye's mother was Vraie (or Vraye) Freya, daughter of the lord of Boulogne. Hydulphe married Aye of the Ardennes around 655 AD, a match arranged by his parents at the instance of the King of the Franks. Upon marrying, they made a shared vow of continence.Vos, J. (1865). Lobbes, son abbaye et son chapitre, ou: Histoire complète du monastère de Saint Pierre à Lobbes et du chapitre de Saint Ursmer à Lobbes et à Binche. France: Peeters. Following the counsel of Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaux
Meaux () is a commune on the river Marne in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is east-northeast of the centre of Paris. Meaux is, with Provins, Torcy and Fontainebleau, one of the four subprefectures (''sous-préfectures'') of the department of Seine-et-Marne, Melun being the prefecture. In France a subprefecture is the chef-lieu (the seat or administrative capital) of an ''arrondissement'': Meaux is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Meaux. It is also the chef-lieu of a smaller administrative division: the canton of Meaux. Finally, since its creation in 2003, Meaux has been the centre and the main town of an agglomeration community, the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux. Demographics With a population of 55,416 inhabitants in 2018, Meaux is the most populous city in the Seine-et-Marne department, just before Chelles (55,148 inhabitants in 2018). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Seat
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Of Haumont
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic. An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. The layout of the church and associated buildings of an abbey often follows a set plan determined by the founding religious order. Abbeys are often self-sufficient while using any abundance of produce or skill to provide care to the poor and needy, refuge to the persecuted, or education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbess Of Maubeuge
Maubeuge Abbey (french: Abbaye de Maubeuge) was a women's monastery in Maubeuge, in the County of Hainaut, now northern France, close to the modern border with Belgium. It is best known today as the abbey founded by St. Aldegonde, still a popular figure of devotion in the region. It is thought to have possibly been where the young Jan Gossaert, a Renaissance-era painter known as Jan Mabuse, was educated, claimed by some to have been a native of the town of Maubeuge, which grew up around the abbey. History Initially founded as a double monastery, that is, a community of both men and women, this abbey was founded in 661 for the care of the sick by the young Aldegonde, who was abbess there until her death in 684, and was also buried there. She was succeeded as abbess by her two nieces, first Aldetrudis and then Madelberte. The abbey soon became a Benedictine monastery solely of nuns. St. Amalberga of Maubeuge became a member of the community later in the eighth century. Maubeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldegund
Aldegund ( 639–684), also Aldegundis or Aldegonde, was a Frankish Benedictine abbess who is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in France and Orthodox Church. Aldegund was closely related to the Merovingian royal family. Her parents, afterwards honored as St. Walbert, Count of Guînes, and St. Bertilla de Mareuil, lived in the County of Hainaut. She is the most famous of what Aline Hornaday calls the "Maubeuge Cycle" of Merovingian saints. Aldegund was urged to marry, but she chose the life of the cloister. Having allegedly walked across the waters of the Sambre, she had built on its banks a small hospital at Malbode, which later became, under the name Maubeuge Abbey, a famous abbey of Benedictine nuns, though at a later date these were replaced by canonesses. She bore with fortitude the breast cancer that eventually killed her. Saint Aldegund's Catholic liturgical feast is kept on January 30. She has been supposed to be the sister of Saint Waltrude (Waudru). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertille Of Thuringia
Saint Bertille of Thuringia ( (died 660 AD) or also known as Saint Bertilla, the daughter of Bercarius, King of Thuringia, was a Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian princess and Frankish patron saint, saint who resided in the County of Hainaut in Belgium.Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo. Bertille was the mother of Saint Waltrude and Aldegund, Saint Aldegund, foundress of Maubeuge Abbey.Opera diplomatica et historica. (1734). (n.p.): (n.p.). History Princess Bertille was born in the 7th century and was the daughter of Bercarius, King of Thuringia. Bertille was married to Walbert IV, a prince of Lower Austrasia, whose duchy covered Cambrésis, County of Hainaut, Hainaut, Pagus of Brabant, Brabant, Hesbaye, Ardennes, and extended to the Rhine. They had two daughters: Aldegund and Waltrude. Walbert IV, husband of Saint Bertille, had a younger brother, Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes, Brunulphe, who was the Count of Ardennes, whose daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
