St Martin's Church, Aalst Explained

St Martin Church, Aalst
Native Name:Sint-Martinuskerk
Native Name Lang:nl
Location:Aalst
Country:Belgium
Denomination:Catholic
Founded Date:1480
Style:Gothic architecture
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

Saint-Martin Church of Aalst (nl|Sint Martinuskerk, fr|Église Saint-Martin d'Alost) or Church of Sint-Martinus is a church located in Aalst, Flanders, Belgium.

History

The Church of Saint-Martin in Aalst, Belgium was established in dedication to Saint Martin. The gothic style church was built in 1480.[1]

The altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens depicting Saint Roch titled Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims is located at Sint-Martinuskerk.[2]

Composed by Erasmus in 1527, the epitaph of Dirk Martens was installed in Aalst's Saint-Martin church in 1784.[3]

Notes and References

  1. DK Eyewitness Belgium and Luxembourg. (2017). United Kingdom: DK Publishing.
  2. Peckham, H. (2008). Harry Peckham's Tour. United Kingdom: History Press.
  3. Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. (2003). Germany: University of Toronto Press.