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Waulsort Abbey (French: Abbaye de Waulsort) was a Benedictine monastery located at Waulsort, Wallonia, now in Hastière in the province of Namur, Belgium.
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The monastery was founded in 946 by Irish monks. They were invited by Eilbert de Florennes who wanted to found an abbey in reparation for a wrongful act committed.[1] Saint Maccallin and Saint Cathróe were the first two abbots. Saint Forannan (d. 980) was also subsequently abbot of Waulsort.[2]
The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution in 1793, when it was sacked. The surviving structures have been remodelled as a private house.
The former abbey is principally known as the owner, from the 10th to the 18th century, of the Lothair Crystal.[3]
References
- ^ "Waulsort Abbey Church", EEIG Ardennes
- ^ Namur, Catholic Encyclopedia, accessed 8 June 2010
- ^ British Museum. "The Lothair Crystal". British Museum catalogue. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
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