Church of the Holy Maccabees
Community ID:
1317
Town:
Cologne
Diocese:
Cologne
Date Founded:
1134-1178
Religious Order:
Benedictine
Rule:
Benedictine
Foundation Information:
According to a charter issued by Archbishop Phillip of heinsberg in 1178, this Benedictine convent had already been established in what was previously a simple chapel. Phillip's charter confirms the transfer of ownership of the chapel from the canons of S. Cunibert to the nuns and grants the nuns archiepiscopal protection. However, the actual origins of this house remain obscure.
Social Characteristics:
The community was a mix of patrician and middle-class women. Of the foureen identified nuns, nine were patrician and five were middle-class.
Published Primary Sources:
[1]Lacomblet, Theodor J., ed. Urkundenbuch fur die Geschichte des Niederrheins. 4 vols. Dusseldorf: J. Wolf, 1840-1858.
Secondary Sources:
[1]NULL
[2]Stein, "Die Machabaeerkirche in Koeln" AHVN 30 (1876), 204.
Admin. Notes:
more research necessary
Contributors:
June Mecham
Date Started:
1134
Length:
795
