Gempe: Insula Ducis

Premonstratensian women's priory, named Insula Ducis, Sancta Maria de Insula Ducis, 's Hertogeneiland, etc. Patron saints: Our Lady, Johannes Baptista, Johannes Evangelista. Founded at Pellenburg in 1219, transferred to Gempe (between Leuven and Diest) in 1229. Disbanded in 1797.

Manuscripts

* NL-DHk 71 G 51, week psalter

Literatuur

* Monasticon Belge, t. IV, vol. 3, pp. 831-849
* Monasticon Praemonstratense, t. 2, pp. 284-286

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