| Thorn, Abbey / Collegiate Church of Secular Canonesses |
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| The Abbey Church dates to the 14th century but has a Baroque interior. It now functions as parish church. | Full Map on Geoplaza. |
| IDNR: | T03 |
| Parish: | Thorn |
| Municipality: | Maasgouw |
| Patron Saint: | Our Lady |
| Alias: | - |
| Diocese: | Liège |
| Diocese II: | Roermond |
| Province: | Imperial Abbey of Thorn |
| Province II: | Thorn |
| Gender: | v |
| Development: | between 972 and 995; status dubious: originally probably Benedictine Nuns, but later certainly a collegiate church of Secular Canonesses (though wearing Benedictine habit still in 1310): presence of a few male Canons |
| Filiation: | founded on his allodial property by Ansfried before his consecration as bishop of Utrecht |
| End of monastic life: | 1797* |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | - |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | - |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | - |
| Literature: | Koch (1994) 31-33; Antoine Jacobs in: BiN III, 1036-1038; Van Vliet (2002) 228/9; Bijsterveld 2002; Bijsterveld 2015, 253-255; Kerskens (2016); Hoebens (2017) nr. 3.35 |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | III 116-117 |
MeMO: | 494 | |
Van Deventer: | |
National monument: | 35490 | |
| Coordinates: | 187/352A |
Archaeological Monument: | 10831 | |
Archaeological Status: | hav | |
Archaeological Activities: | excav 1983 | |
Archaeological Publication: | AKL 1984, 387-391 | |
| First mention: | 995 |
| Last mention: | 1797 |
| ENK code: | ME-Z011-021 |
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