Susteren Abbey

Susteren Abbey

Susteren Abbey ("Abdij van Susteren") at Susteren near Roermond on the Maas in the modern province of Limburg in the Netherlands is a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 8th century. The former abbey church is now St. Amelberga's Basilica.

History

Early in 714 Pepin of Herstal and his wife Plectrude sent Saint Willibrord letters of conveyance and protection for the monastery, permitting free election of abbots. The Benedictine foundation served as a refuge for the missionaries working in Friesia and the Netherlands.

It was destroyed by the Vikings in 882 and refounded as a house of secular canonesses, whose first abbess was Saint Amelberga of Susteren (d. c. 900).

The Lotharingian King Zwentibold, a benefactor of the abbey and either the father or the brother of the abbesses Benedicta and Cecilia, was buried (according to a later tradition) in Susteren Abbey in about 900. Also buried there are:
* Saint Wastrada (died in in the mid-8th century);
* Saint Gregory of Utrecht (d. about 775/777), a companion of Saint Boniface in his missions to Friesia, and later abbot of the "Martinsstift" in Utrecht.

The abbey was suppressed at the end of the 18th century when the French Revolution spilled over in to the Low Countries. The church alone remains.

t. Amelberga's Basilica

The abbey church, one of the major examples of Romanesque architecture in the Netherlands, although marred by a poor restoration in 1885-1890, was built in the 11th century. It was clearly influenced by the Ottonian minster church of Essen Abbey. It was dedicated to Amelberga in 1886, after authentication of the relics kept here. On 6 September 2007 the church was declared a basilica minor.

External links

* [http://members.tripod.com/limburgchurches/susterenstiftkerk.html Susteren Abbey Church] (private interest site)
* [http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/Amelberga Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland: Life of Saint Amelberga of Susteren] nl icon

References

*Habets, J.J., 1869: "Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de voormalige stad Susteren en van de adellijke vrouwenabdij Sint-Salvator aldaar", Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le Limbourg 6 (1869), 441-567.
*Koldeweij, A.M., and van Vlijmen, P.M.L. (eds.), 1985: "Schatkamers uit het Zuiden. Tentoonstellingscatalogus Rijksmuseum het Catharijneconvent" (pp. 83-92, 97-104, 165-167). Utrecht
*Roozen, N., 1960: "Uit de schatkamer van de oude abdijkerk van Susteren". Harreveld
*Sangers, W., and Simonis, A.H., 1958: "De kerk van Susteren. Karolingische familieabdij. Adellijk vrouwenstift. Parochie". Susteren


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