Convent of Bethany explained

Convent of Bethany should not be confused with Convent of Saint Lazarus.

The Augustinian Convent of Bethany existed in Mechelen, Belgium, from 1421 to 1783.[1] It belonged to the Congregation of Windesheim.[2]

A notable occupant of the convent was Jacoba of Loon-Heinsberg, formerly the abbess of the Thorn Abbey in what is now the Netherlands, who withdrew to Bethany in 1455.[3] Her 1468 will indicates that a printing press was left to the convent.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Klooster van Bethanie te Mechelen. Rijksarchief van Belgie. 1 June 2016.
  2. Book: Scheepsma, Wybren. Medieval Religious Women in the Low Countries: The 'modern Devotion', the Canonesses of Windesheim, and Their Writings. 2004. Boydell & Brewer. 9781843830481. 12.
  3. Book: Derolez, Albert. Corpus Catalogorum Belgii: Counts of Flanders, Provinces of East Flanders, Antwerp and Limburg. 1999. Paleis der Academiën. 201–202.
  4. Book: Verspaandonk, J. A. J. M.. Het hemels prentenboek: Devotie- en bidprentjes vanaf de 17e eeuw tot het begin van de 20e eeuw. 1875. Gooi en Sticht. Hilversum. 9030400641. 9.

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