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Hemelum, Benedictine Nuns, later Monks: Nicholas
This Protestantse church of 1668 (modified1816) occupies the place of St Nicholas' Monastery Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: H54
Parish: Hemelum
Municipality: Súdwest-Fryslân
Patron Saint: Nicholas
Alias: -
Diocese: Utrecht
Diocese II: Leeuwarden
Province: Friesland
Province II:
Gender: f/m
Development: (a) Benedictine Nuns 1245 or possibly much earlier, by detachment from Stavoren (S37); male converts present as well
(b) in the 15th century (before 1483) end of presence of Benedictine Nuns, who are replaced by Monks of the same order
(c) reunification with Stavoren Abbey (S37; the joint location becomes Hemelum) and adhesion to the reform of Bursfeld 1495*
Filiation: detachment from Stavoren (S37)
End of monastic life: 1580*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: Leeuwarden, Tresoar: 232-10
Literature: Woltjer (1962) 69; Mol (1991a) 32; 115; 120; Mol and Van Vliet (1998) 77-80; 121-123; Van Vliet (2002) 261-262; Mol (2002); Roemeling (2013) 115-116; 139; 144
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: III 63 nr. 1
MeMO: 759
Van Deventer:
National monument: 21482*
Coordinates: ca. 160/543
Archaeological Monument: 15120 (village centre)
Archaeological Status: hav
Archaeological Activities: test inquiry 2016
Archaeological Publication:
First mention: 1245
Last mention: 1580
ENK code: ME-Z011-008

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