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Convent of Bethany

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Former convent in Mechelen, Belgium Not to be confused with Convent of Saint Lazarus.

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

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. Her 1468 will indicates that a printing press was left to the convent.

References

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