Cistercian Abbey of Nizelles
The Cistercian abbey Nizelles was 1439-1784 a monastery of Cistercian in Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud , Walloon Brabant , in Belgium .
history
Monks of the Cistercian abbey of Moulins founded the monastery of Nizelles (Janauschek 722, Filiation 26.2) near the Cistercian abbey of Wauthier-Braine (originally as a refuge) in 1439 , which was officially dissolved by Joseph II in 1784 . The rest of the property was restored in 1999 and is now a private center for receptions, seminars and cultural events.
Superiors, priors and abbots
- Jean Eustache (1441–1442)
- Jean de Ligny (1442–1443)
- Jean Smettebier (1445-1453)
- Pierre Olbeke (1453-1475)
- Nicolas Spaens (1475-1516)
- Pierre Emens (1516-1535)
- Jean de Horion (1535–1558)
- Gille Venduile (1558-1560)
- François Backx (1560-1565)
- Jean Taxius (1565–1573)
- Nicolas Coels (1573-1579)
- Simon Zeelers, also: Van Hove (1579–1581)
- Arnould de Monte (1586–1588)
- Hugues Buisseret (1594–1600)
- Bernard de Montgaillard (1601–1605, then abbot of Orval Abbey )
- Jean Foucart (1607–1619, then abbot of Loos monastery , from which he came, 1635 vice-abbot general, † 1640)
- Jean d'Assignies (1619-1640, from the Cambron Monastery )
- Grégoire de Lattefeur (1640–1656, from the Cambron Monastery)
- Livin Berens (1657-1673)
- Bernard Verbeeck (1678–1700)
- Jean Pennemans (1701-1723)
- Guillaume Fortamps (1723-1736)
- Pierre van Hame, also: Hamme (1736–1765)
- Antoine Ghiselin (1765-1770)
- Placide Desellis (1771-1782). (* 1725; † 1782, from Villers-la-Ville Abbey , from 1764 to 1771 in Argenton Abbey , author of information-rich annals of Nizelles Abbey)
literature
- Ursmer Berlière (1861–1932), Monasticon Belge . 4. 2. Province de Brabant . Liege, Center national de recherches d'histoire religieuse, 1969.
- Cistercian Sites in Europe . Charte Européenne des Abbayes et Sites Cisterciens 2012, p. 26.
- Dictionnaire des auteurs cisterciens . Edited by Emile Brouette, Anselme Dimier and Eugène Manning. Rochefort 1975 sv Desellis.
- Leopold Janauschek , Originum Cisterciensium Tomus Primus . Vindobonae 1877, pp. 276, 322.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 384.