FormerSt. Peter's Abbey, Ghent This is a list, as yet incomplete, ofChristian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, inBelgium , for both men and women. All listed so far areRoman Catholic .
Achel Abbey (Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel ,de Achelse Kluis orOnze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus ) (extant), part inHamont-Achel ,Limburg , Belgium, and part inValkenswaard , theNetherlands :Trappist monks[ 1] Affligem (Flemish Brabant ):Aldeneik Abbey (Abdij van Aldeneik ) at Aldeneik,Maaseik , Limburg: Benedictine nuns, latercanons regular Amay , former commune of Jehay (Liège Province ):Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay ) (dissolved):Cistercian nuns (1244–1797)Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay ), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to formChevetogne Abbey : Benedictine monks. The premises now accommodate theCentre de perfectionnement aux métiers du patrimoine and theMaison du tourisme Hesbaye et Meuse [ 2] Andenne Abbey (Abbaye d'Andenne ) atAndenne (Namur): Benedictine double abbey, later secular canonessesAntwerp :Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton ) atLonzée ,Gembloux (Namur Province ): Cistercian nunsAssebroek, see Steenbrugge Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath ) atAth (Hainaut Province ): Cistercian nunsAubechies Abbey (Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint-Géry d'Aubechies ) atAubechies (Hainaut): Benedictine monksAulne Abbey (Abbaye d'Aulne ) atGozée (Hainaut): Benedictine monks, then secular clergy, then Augustinian canons, then Cistercian monksAverbode Abbey (Abdij van Averbode ) (extant) atAverbode ,Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant):Premonstratensians Aywiers Abbey orAywières Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers ord'Aywières ), founded atAwirs but moved toCouture-Saint-Germain ,Lasne (Walloon Brabant ): Cistercian nunsBaudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo orBaudeloo ) atKlein-Sinaai (East Flanders ): Cistercian nunsBeaupré Abbey (Abdij van Beaupré ) atGrimminge (East Flanders): Cistercian nunsBeaurepart Abbey (Abbaye du Beaurepart ) in Liège: PremonstratensiansTer Beeck Abbey (Abdij Ter Beeck ) atHalle-Booienhoven ,Zoutleeuw , Flemish Brabant: Cistercian nunsBéguinages (Begijnhoven ) at:Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) atBonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nunsBijloke Abbey , also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke orAbbaye de la Byloque ) atGhent (East Flanders): Cistercian nunsBois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac ) atOphain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac ,Braine-l'Alleud , Walloon Brabant: MaroniteBoneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe ) atÉghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks (from 1461)Bonheiden Abbey, see Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance [ 3] Vellereille-les-Brayeux ,Estinnes (Hainaut): PremonstratensiansBornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat ) atBraschaat (Antwerp): PremonstratensiansBrecht Abbey orAbbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Brecht (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth ) (refoundation of the earlier house at Lier) atBrecht (Antwerp): Trappist nunsBrialmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Brialmont ) (extant), in the formerChâteau de Brialmont ,Tilff (Liège): Trappist nuns[ 4] Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne ) atSaint-Gérard (Namur): Benedictine monks (founded 919)Bruges (West Flanders):Augustinian Priory, Bruges (Augustijnenklooster, Brugge ): Augustinian canonsEekhout Abbey (Eekhoutabdij ,Sint-Bartholomeusabdij ): Augustinian canonsSt. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij Sint-Andries Brugge ), nowSt. Andrew's Abbey, Zevenkerken : Benedictine monks[ 5] St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge ): Benedictine nunsSt. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij, Brugge ), originally in Bruges, thenMale , now back in Bruges:Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage (Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde ): Beguines; from 1927 a priory of Benedictine nuns, as theMonasterium De Wijngaard Brussels :Coudenberg Abbey (Abbaye du Coudenberg ,Abbaye Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg ;Abdij Sint-Jacob op de Koudenberg ) in Brussels: Augustinian canonsEnglish Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles ): English Benedictine nuns in exile Jericho Priory (Klooster Jericho ,Klooster Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Rosen gheplant in Jericho ) in Brussels: Canonesses RegularGembloux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Exupère de Gembloux ) atGembloux (Namur): Benedictine monksGeraardsbergen Abbey (Abdij van Geraardsbergen ), previously at Dikkelvenne, atGeraardsbergen (East Flanders): Benedictine monks[ 10] Géronsart Abbey (Abbaye de Géronsart ) atJambes (Namur): Augustinian canonsGhent , East Flanders:St. Bavo's Abbey (Sint-Baafsabdij, Gent ): Benedictine monksEnglish Ladies, Ghent (Abbaye des Dames anglaises ): English Benedictine nuns in exile St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent ): Benedictine monksAbdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Rijke Gasthuis : Benedictine nunsGhislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien ) atGhislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nunsGistel, see Ten Putte Groot-Bijgaarden Abbey , alsoSt. Wivina's Abbey (Abdij van Groot-Bijgaarden , alsoSint-Wivina-abdij ) atGroot-Bijgaarden ,Dilbeek (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nunsGrandpré Abbey (Abbaye de Grandpré Gesves (Namur): Cistercian monksGrimbergen Abbey (Abdij van Grimbergen ) atGrimbergen (Flemish Brabant): PremonstratensiansGroeninge Abbey (Abdij van Groeninge ) atKortrijk (West Flanders): Cistercian nunsLeffe Abbey (Abbaye de Leffe ) (extant) atLeffe ,Dinant (Namur): PremonstratensiansLeuven (Flemish Brabant):Liège :Lier Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Lier (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth ) (later refounded at Brecht: see Brecht Abbey) atLier (Antwerp): Trappist nunsLier, see Hemiksem Lieu-Saint-Bernard Abbey, otherwise Abbaye Saint-Bernard-sur-l'Escaut: see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem Lobbes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes ) (dissolved) atLobbes , Hainaut: Benedictine monks[ 13] Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey TheAbbaye de Marche-les-Dames orAbbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier atMarche-les-Dames (Namur ) Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale ) atOudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nunsMaegdendael Abbey (Abdij van Maegdendael ) atOplinter (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nunsMalmedy Abbey (Abbaye de Malmedy ) atMalmedy (Liège): administered together with Stavelot Abbey as the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monksMalonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne ) (dissolved) atMalonne (Namur ): Benedictine monks[ 14] Marche-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames orAbbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier ) atMarche-les-Dames (Namur): women's community of no known order until c. 1235, then Cistercian nuns to 1856;Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul to 1880,Ursulines to 1914, Carmelite sisters to 1973; non-religious boarding school to 1980; theLittle Sisters of Bethlehem to 2000; now occupied by the lay communityMadonna House [ 15] [ 16] Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret ) (extant) atAnhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns[ 17] Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous ) (extant) atDenée (Namur): Benedictine monks[ 18] Menin Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Menin orAbbaye des Saints-Anges ) atMenen (Menin) (West Flanders): Benedictine nunsMerkem Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame de Merkem ) atMerkem (West Flanders): Benedictine nunsMesen Abbey or Messines Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Messines ) atMesen (Messines) (West Flanders): Benedictine nunsMons Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Mons ) atMons (Hainaut): Benedictine nunsMont César Abbey (Abbaye du Mont César ), see Leuven, Keizersberg AbbeyMont Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon ) in Liège: Premonstratensian double houseMont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or ) atWevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nunsMoorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel ) atMoorsel ,Aalst (East Flanders): Benedictine nunsMoulins-Warnant Abbey (Abbaye de Moulins-Warnant ) atAnhée (Namur): community of women (no known rule), then Cistercian nuns 1233–1414, then Cistercian monksMount Thabor Convent, Mechelen (Thaborklooster ):Augustinian canonesses Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen ) at Munsterbilzen,Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nunsSaint-Hubert St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerlyBornem Abbey Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem orAbdij van Bornem ) atBornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks[ 23] St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem , alsoSt. Bernard's Abbey on the Scheldt (Sint Bernaerdts op Scheldt orSint Bernardusabdij ) atHemiksem (Antwerp) (moved to St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem, in 1836): Cistercian monks[ 24] Abbey of Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie (Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie ) atSaint-Denis ,Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine monksSt. Gertrude's Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain-la-Neuve ) atLouvain-la-Neuve : Benedictine nuns[ 25] see also St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain orSaint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de la Celle ) atSaint-Ghislain (Hainaut): BenedictinesSt. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges St. Godelieve's Abbey, Gistel, see Ten Putte Abbey Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert ) atSaint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks[ 26] St. Michael's Abbey, see Antwerp Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren Sint-Truiden (Limburg):St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij ), formerly atMale , now back in Bruges, West Flanders:Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre St. Wivina's Abbey, see Groot-Bijgarden Salzinnes Abbey (Abbaye de Salzinnes ) atSalzinnes (Namur): Cistercian nunsSaulchoir Abbey (Abbaye du Saulchoir ) at Kain in Tournai (Hainaut): Cistercian nunsScheut Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Scheut ) atAnderlecht (Brussels): Carthusian monksScourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont ) (extant) atForges ,Chimay (Hainaut): Trappist monks[ 27] Sheen Anglorum, see Nieuwpoort Charterhouse Sinnich Abbey (Abdij van Sinnich ) nearTeuven ,Voeren (Limburg): Augustinian canonessesSoleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont ) (extant) atGilly (Hainaut): Trappist nunsSolières Abbey (Abbaye de Solières ) atBen-Ahin (Liège): Cistercian nunsSpermaillie Abbey (Abbaye de Spermaillie ) at Bruges: Cistercian nunsStavelot Abbey (Abbaye de Stavelot ) atStavelot (Liège): together with Malmedy Abbey formed thePrincipality of Stavelot-Malmedy , Benedictine monks[ 28] Steenbrugge Abbey orSt. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge ) (extant) inAssebroek , Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks^ "Achelse Kluis" . 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