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Elkerzee, Cistercian Nuns: Bethlehem
Farm 'Klooster Bethlehem'. In the background the tower of the Protestant Bethlehem Church of Scharendijke is visible, which carries a bell coming from the convent Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: E09
Parish: Elkerzee
Municipality: Schouwen-Duiveland
Patron Saint: OLV
Alias: Bethlehem
Diocese: Utrecht
Diocese II: Middelburg
Province: Zeeland
Province II:
Gender: f
Development: Cistercian Nuns 1224
Filiation: abbey, incorporated into the order as daughter of Clairvaux
End of monastic life: 1572*; after a short stay at Zierikzee the nuns depart for Damme (B)
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: -
Literature: Henderikx (1977) 197; Dekker (1982) 78; 191; Van Moolenbroek (1985) nr. 1 p. 201-202; Jansen-Glas and Martens (1990); Holt (2015) 177-179
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: III 41 nrs. 1 and 2
MeMO: -
Van Deventer:
National monument:
Coordinates: 48/417D?
Archaeological Monument: 13642
Archaeological Status: hav
Archaeological Activities: 1959 find of foundations
Archaeological Publication: Stad en Land v SchD 57, 1987, 265-7 [check], Jansen-Glas and Martens (1990)
First mention: 1224
Last mention: 1572
ENK code: ME-Z202-007

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