Grand-Bigard
Community ID:
1785
Town:
Groot-Bijgarden
Diocese:
Cambrai
Region:
Brabant
Corporate Status:
Priory
Date Founded:
1114-1130
Foundation Information:
Founders include St. Wivine and Geoffrey, duke of Lorraine and Brabant
Dependency Of:
Afflighem
Literary Works:
A vita of St. Wivine was written here cicra 1200
Secondary Sources:
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. 21, p. 1083;
Gallia christiana, vol. 5, p. 57;
Monasticon belge, vol. 4, pp. 219-242
Contributors:
Bruce L. Venarde
Date Started:
1114
Length:
273
