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Biervliet, Hermits of St William: Huis der Woestijn
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IDNR: B16
Parish: Biervliet-Nicholas
Municipality: Terneuzen
Patron Saint: Ou Lady
Alias: Domus de Wastina / Huis der Woestijn (= House of the Desert)
Diocese: Utrecht
Diocese II: -
Province: Flanders
Province II:
Gender: m
Development: (a) Hermits of St William 1242/9*
(b) partly devastated by the inundation of 1377*
(c) transferred to Bruges (B) between 1396 and 1430
Filiation: established from Baseldonk (H56); assigned to the French province of the order
End of monastic life: bewtween1396 and 1430
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: Rijksarchief Gent: 'Klooster van de Wilhelmieten te Watervliet'
Literature: Elm (1962) 58-59; Janssens (1962); Van der Wiel (1987); Verschaeren (1998) 86-90; Armbrust (2003) 87, who rejects the mention of Mary Magdalene as patron saint
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: III 19-20 nr. 1
MeMO: -
Van Deventer:
National monument:
Coordinates: exact location between Biervliet and Watervliet untraceable
Archaeological Monument:
Archaeological Status:
Archaeological Activities:
Archaeological Publication:
First mention: 1242
Last mention: 1430
ENK code: ME-P044-002

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