Saint-Ghislain Abbey


Saint-Ghislain Abbey was a monastery founded by Saint Ghislain around 650, on the Haine. It became a Benedictine monastery around 940, when reformed by Gérard of Brogne, and was suppressed in 1796.

History

On 2 June 965, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, confirmed Godfrey of Lower Lotharingia's gift to the abbey of 18 mansi of land in Villers-Saint-Ghislain.

Notable members