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| Utrecht, Benedictines: Paul | |
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| Romanesque wall stemming from St Paul's Abbey, inserted in the former Court of Justice , and now functioning as downtown location of Het Utrechts Archief | Full Map on Geoplaza. |
| IDNR: | U02 |
| Parish: | Utrecht-Buurkerk, originally Leusden |
| Municipality: | Utrecht |
| Patron Saint: | Paul |
| Alias: | St Paul's Abbey. Originally Hohorst |
| Diocese: | Utrecht |
| Diocese II: | Utrecht |
| Province: | Nedersticht |
| Province II: | |
| Gender: | m |
| Development: | (a) at Hohorst, a hill in the parish of Leusden, between 995 and 1010*, according to Broer as monastic branch of the community of secular canons of Oudmunster (kap53), and after some time adopting the Rule of St Benedict (b) removal to Utrecht 1050* (c) adhesion to the reform of Siegburg around 1100 (d) reform of Bursfeld 1469* ( e) plans to incorporate the abbey into the newly founded archdiocese ca. 1560 are not executed |
| Filiation: | the first monks came from St Vitus' Abbey at Gladbach (G; reform of Sankt-Maximin) and from the community of secular canons of Utrecht |
| End of monastic life: | 1580*: formal dissolution; after several interim arrangements definitive abolition in 1593* |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | - |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | - |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | HUA: 85-1 |
| Literature: | Van Tongerloo (1991) nr. 19; Van Kalveen (1992); Broer (2000); Van Vliet (2002) 228-233; 363-365; Broer (2007); Van Engen en Van Vliet (2012); Roemeling (2013) 122; 189-190; http://www.broerendebruijn.nl/RechtspraakSintPaulus.html |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | III 75 s.v. Leusden; 119-120 s.v. Utrecht nr. 3 |
MeMO: | - | |
Van Deventer: | cgapel; 'St Pauli abbatia'; [6] | |
National monument: | 36123 | |
| Coordinates: | 137/456 |
Archaeological Monument: | 861 (Hohorst); 12314 (tc) | |
Archaeological Status: | vhavp resp vhav | |
Archaeological Activities: | 1882; 1920s and 1930s; 30 (Hohorst); survey (Utrecht) 1994(?); survey 1995 (Hohorst); test inquiry 2001 (Utrecht) | |
Archaeological Publication: | Damen (1957); Vening Meinesz (1965) ; AKU 2000/1, 153-154 | |
| First mention: | 1010 |
| Last mention: | 1593 |
| ENK code: | ME-P003-102 |
