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| Utrecht, Knights Hospitaller: Catharina | |
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| The monastic buildings are now used as Museum Catharijneconvent (National Museum for Christian Art). The church functions as cathedral to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Utrecht. | Full Map on Geoplaza. |
| IDNR: | U05 |
| Parish: | Utrecht-Buurkerk |
| Municipality: | Utrecht |
| Patron Saint: | Catharine |
| Alias: | - |
| Diocese: | Utrecht |
| Diocese II: | Utrecht |
| Province: | Nedersticht |
| Province II: | |
| Gender: | m |
| Development: | (a) Knights Hospitaller before 1122 (Van Winter) or between 1184 and 1190 (Broer and De Bruijn); located at the site of the later so-called Vredenburg (b) removal to Lange Nieuwstraat, where they occupied an area ceded by the Carmelites (U29) 1529* (present Catharijneconvent) |
| Filiation: | hoofdhuis van de balije Utrecht |
| End of monastic life: | 1581*: St Catharine's Hospital taken in hands by the city authorities; 1602*: commander not succeeded, end of independent management of possessions; 1636*: transformed into Academic Hospital |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | - |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | - |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | HUA: 1 |
| Literature: | Van Winter (1986); Van Hulzen (1986) 22-32; Van Tongerloo (1991) nrs. 20 and 42; Mol (1996d) 127 nt. 37; Hoekstra and Staal (2006); Versélewel de Witt Hamer (2008b); Mol (2011) 106/7; 124/5; 282-286 |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | II 190-191 nr. 13 |
MeMO: | 133 | |
Van Deventer: | kapel; 'St Catherine'; [22] | |
National monument: | 36264, 36265, 364108 | |
| Coordinates: | 137/456 |
Archaeological Monument: | 12314 (tc) | |
Archaeological Status: | vhav | |
Archaeological Activities: | excav 1961; inquiry 1971/2 en excav 1976 (Vredenburg); inquiry en begel 2008/9 (sloop Vredenburg) | |
Archaeological Publication: | Rauws (1976); Hoekstra (1997); Stiller (2013); Broer and de Bruijn (2015) | |
| First mention: | 1190 |
| Last mention: | 1602 |
| ENK code: | ME-P056-035 |
