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Church in Aalst, Belgium
St Martin Church, Aalst
Sint-Martinuskerk
Saint-Martin church in Aalst
50°56′16.04″N 4°2′26.66″E / 50.9377889°N 4.0407389°E / 50.9377889; 4.0407389
LocationAalst
CountryBelgium
DenominationCatholic
History
Founded1480
DedicationSaint Martin
Architecture
StyleGothic architecture
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

Saint-Martin Church of Aalst (Dutch: Sint Martinuskerk, French: 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.

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.

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

Gallery

  • Floor plan of St Martin's Church Floor plan of St Martin's Church
  • Sacrament Tower in Aalst Sacrament Tower in Aalst

External links

Media related to Sint-Martinuskerk (Aalst) at Wikimedia Commons

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.
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