S. Agnes
Community ID: 
 
2483
 
Alternate Names: 
 
S. Agneskonvent; "auf dem Brink"
 
Town: 
 
Emmerich
 
Diocese: 
 
Utrecht
 
Modern Location: 
 
Emmerich, in the district of Rees
 
Dedication: 
 
S. Agnes
 
Date Founded: 
 
1419
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1812
 
Religious Order: 
 
Augustinian
 
Rule: 
 
Augustinian
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Further information about the foundation of this community of Augustinian women is necessary.

 
Literary Works: 
 

A sister book survives from this community.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

The Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin contains a Liber precum from this community, dating from the fifteenth century and owned by Anna von Köln, #Germ. 8o280. The Gymnasialbibliothek in Emmerich contains the statutes of the community, dating from the fifteenth-sixteenth century, # 14. The Chronicle of the community was held in the Stadtarchiv in Emmerich, but was presumably lost in the last world war. A photocopy of the chronicle is held in the Heimatmuseum, sine numero.

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Schwesternbuch und Statuten des St. Agnes-Konvents in Emmerich

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Convent Chronicles: Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle AgesDer St. Agneskonvent zu Emmerich.Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 206.
HÖVELMANN, Gregor, in Thomas von Kempen, Beitrage zum 500 Todesjahr (Kempen, 1971), 43-62.

 
Contributors: 
 
June Mecham
 
Date Started: 
 
1419
 
Date Finished: 
 
1812
 
Length: 
 
831