Abbey of Our Lady ten Wijngaerd

ABBEY OF OUR LADY TEN WIJNGAERD (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwabdij ten Wijngaerd)

Town/city:Leuven, Belgium
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Order:Cistercian

Established:1519
Abolished:1798

Arms (crest) of Abbey of Our Lady ten Wijngaerd

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing Our Lady between two grape plants (Wijngaerd means vineyard). The arms are first known from a map from around 1600, but may have been in use since the foundation.

Arms of Abbesses

Marguerite van Ittre (1521-1541)
Pascale Seels (1541-1594)
Barbara Middelburg (1594-1595)
Maria vande Laere (1595-1615)
Sarah vanden Bossche (1615-1629)
Anna de Paepe (1629-1663)
Angelica van Meerbeeck (1663-1676)
Maria Fannius (1676-1689)
Marie de Saint-Ghislain (1690-1711)
Catharina Willemaerts (1712-1728)
Christina vander Motten (1728-1735)
Helena Bosmans (1735-1738)
Marie Françoise Priem (1738-1742)
Elisabeth Noë (1742-1772)
Joanna van Velthem (1773-1796)

Literature:Cruys, M. et al:Heraldiek van Abdijen en Kloosters 32:ten Wijngaerd

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