Florennes Abbey interior, Florennes, Belgium

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Description

Interior view of the church belonging to the Abbey of Saint-Jean at Florennes, founded by Gerard of Florennes (ca. 975, bishop 1012-1051), bishop of Cambrai as Gerard I, with the monastic reformer Richard of Verdun in 1015. Gerard transferred the abbey to the church of Liège, so that it served the diocese of Liege and Namur, also drawing together a community of monks from Verdun. On the site, only the former abbey farm remains, on the outskirts of Florennes. The former abbey church also housed three bas-reliefs dating from 1200-1210. A triptych and the Reliquary of St. Maurus from the 13th century were saved when the abbey was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Attributes

Attribute NameValues
Alternate Title
  • Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste et Saint-Maur de Florennes

  • Abbaye de Florennes

Creator
  • G. Massiot & cie

Subject
  • Abbeys

  • Architecture

  • Benedictines

Date Created
  • 1910-01-01

Date Digitized
  • 2007-01-01

Cultural Context
  • Medieval

  • 11th century

Place of Creation
  • Florennes, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

  • +50.25127+4.60636

  • Florennes

Departments and Units
Member of
Temporal Coverage
  • before or circa 1910

Record Visibility Public
Content License
Use Permissions
  • To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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Architectural Lantern Slides of Belgium

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