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• Abbey of Tongerloo —     Abbey of Tongerloo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Tongerloo     Located near Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin, by de Giselbert, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a lay brother in it.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Tongerloo — Abtei Tongerlo Die Abtei Tongerlo ist eine Abtei des Prämonstratenser oder Norbertiner Ordens in Tongerlo (Tongerloo) in Westerlo bei Antwerpen in Belgien. Sie wurde 1128 gegründet. Siehe auch Bollandisten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Tongerlo Abbey — is a Premonstratensian or Norbertine monastery at Tongerlo [sometimes Tongerloo ] in Westerlo near Antwerp, Belgium. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776a.htm Abbey of Tongerloo] Catholic Encyclopedia article] HistoryIt was founded in 1128 in …   Wikipedia

• Premonstratensian Canons — • Religious order founded in 1120 by St. Norbert Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Premonstratensian Canons     Premonstratensian Canons      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Peter Hubert Evermode Backx —     Peter Hubert Evermode Backx     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Peter Hubert Evermode Backx     Born 10 December, 1805, at Tilburg, Holland; died 28 October, 1868. Ordained priest 17 March, 1832, he may be considered the second founder of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Francis Wichmans — (name in religion Augustine) (born at Antwerp, 1596; died 1661) was a Belgian Norbertine abbot. LifeHaving finished his classical studies, he received the white habit in the Norbertine Abbey of Tongerloo, Belgium, 21 September, 1612. Ordained… …   Wikipedia

• Francis Wichmans —     Francis Wichmans     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francis Wichmans     In religion AUGUSTINE, born at Antwerp, 1596; died 1661. Having finished his classical studies, he received the white habit in the Norbertine Abbey of Tongerloo, Belgium, 21… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Mechline —     Mechlin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mechlin     (Lat. MECHLINIA; Fr. MALINES; MECHLINIENSIS).     Archdiocese comprising the two Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant. This diocese derives its present configuration from the French… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bollandist — The Bollandists are an association of scholars originally all Jesuit, but now including non Jesuits philologists and historians who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their… …   Wikipedia