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| Boxtel, Poor Clares: Sint-Elisabethsdal | |
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| This gate in Boxtel was the access to the Poor Clares' convent | Full Map on Geoplaza. |
| IDNR: | B28 |
| Parish: | Boxtel |
| Municipality: | Boxtel |
| Patron Saint: | - |
| Alias: | Elisabethsdal (- St Elisabeth's Vale). In Megen: Sint-Josephsberg (= St Joseph's Mount) |
| Diocese: | Liège |
| Diocese II: | 's-Hertogenbosch |
| Province: | Brabant |
| Province II: | Megen |
| Gender: | f |
| Development: | (a) Tertiaries1472* (b) Poor Clares 1513* (c) 1580-1611* stay at 's-Hertogenbosch, afterwards return (d) 1648* extinction ordered, nevertheless continued, ( e) permission tomsettle at Herpen in the Land of Ravenstein 1696* was not followed up (f) expelled 1717*, the sisters depart for Hoogstraten (B) (g) 1719-1725* settlement at the area of Megen castle |
| Filiation: | transformation into convent of Poor Clares with the help of the Observant convent at Hoogstraten (B) |
| End of monastic life: | the convent at Megen survived the suppression by the French and still exists |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | - |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | - |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | kept in the convent, but digitally accessible via BHIC, inventory 2131 |
| Literature: | Van Wely (1962) 323: founded by sisters from Bree; Van Liebergen (1987) 69-77; 110-112; Roggen (1995) 221-228 |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | I 42-43 nrs. 2 and 3; I 109 s.v. 's-Hertogenbosch nr. 6; I 145 s.v. Megen nr. 2; S 33-34 nrs. 2 and 3; S 113 s.v. Megen nr. 2; I 105 s.v. Herpen |
MeMO: | - | |
| Van Deventer: | |
| National monument: | |
| Coordinates: | 151/400A |
Archaeological Monument: | 16803 (dorpkern) | |
Archaeological Status: | hav | |
Archaeological Activities: | surveillance 2007 (Megen); office and drill inquiry 2015, negative | |
Archaeological Publication: | Sueur and Brijker (2015) | |
| First mention: | 1472 |
| Last mention: | 2019 |
| ENK code: | ME-Z019-003; ME-Z019-900 |
