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Wamel, Poor Clares
This street name preserves the memory of the Poor Clares, but their convent was further to the East Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: W05
Parish: Wamel
Municipality: West Maas en Waal
Patron Saint: -
Alias: Clarenkamp
Diocese: Cologne
Diocese II: Roermond
Province: Guelders
Province II:
Gender: f
Development: (a) Tertiaries 1445
(b) Poor Clares 1445-1461*
(c) in 1574* the Poor Clares flee to the walled town of Tiel and thence to Cleves (G)
(d) in 1587 they take residence in house Enigheid in Nijmegen (N29); after the 'reduction' of this town in 1591 the nuns depart with unknown destination
Filiation: transformation into convent of Poor Clares with help from 's-Hertogenbosch (H61)
End of monastic life: 1574*: end of convent at Wamel
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: -
Literature: Maris (1939) 248-251; Van Schaïk (1987) 298-299; Van Oijen and Van Wel (1993) 72-74; Roggen (1995) 126-129; Van Engen (2006) 162n
Third Order: 155 [included erroneously, because outside the Utrecht diocese and not a member of the Chapter of Utrecht]
Monasticon Batavum: I 195; S 163
MeMO: -
Van Deventer: Tiel, minute: chapel; 'nonnen'
National monument:
Coordinates: 161/432A
Archaeological Monument:
Archaeological Status:
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First mention: 1445
Last mention: 1574
ENK code: ME-Z019-012

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