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    Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral (Dutch: Sint Baafskathedraal), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The 89-metre-tall...
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    2023. Monks of Ramsgate. “Bavo”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 August 2012 Saint-Bavo's Cathedral - Ghent Archived February 19, 2015...
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    The Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a cathedral in Haarlem, the Netherlands, built by Joseph Cuypers from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former waterstaatskerk...
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    people of Ghent have been called "Stroppendragers" (noose bearers). St. Bavo's Abbey (not to be confused with the nearby St. Bavo's Cathedral) was abolished...
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    Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral,...
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    Saint Peter's Abbey (Dutch: Sint-Pietersabdij) is a former Benedictine abbey in Ghent, Belgium, now a museum and exhibition centre. Saint Peter's was...
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    town bells until the neighboring Belfry of Ghent was built. These two towers, along with St. Bavo's Cathedral, still define the skyline of the city center...
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    Dutch landscape painting of the 17th century. In the Ghent Polyptych (1432, Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent), by Hubert and Jan, the landscape of The Adoration...
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    by King Henry VIII, and are now in the Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, having been acquired by the Bishop of Ghent Anthony Triest in the 17th century. Herbermann...
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    Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. Its height of 91 metres (299 ft) makes it the tallest belfry in Belgium. The belfry of Ghent, together...
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    diocese is Saint Bavo of Ghent. The diocese was erected in 1559 by papal bull Super universas to become independent of the Diocese of Tournai. Ghent had an...
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    Belgium had thirteen Anglican churches as of 2012, including the pro-cathedral, Holy Trinity, Brussels. They are part of the Church of England's Diocese...
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  • of Ghent, Belgium. 941 - Origins of the crypt of what became St Bavo's Cathedral. 1274/1300 - Origins of the choir of what became St Bavo's Cathedral. 1336...
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    monumental Crucifixion Altarpiece or Calvary Triptych (in the Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent) and the Devotion of the Kings (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
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    regulations of Saint Dunstan and Saint Aethelwold show no signs of any such observance. The custom spread to the secular canons of such cathedrals as Rouen...
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    September 1426, probably still in his thirties, and was buried in Saint Bavo's Cathedral, next to his sister Margareta according to the 16th-century writer...
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    of Saint Bavo is an altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens, dated 1623–1624. It was commissioned as the high altarpiece for Sint-Baafskathedraal in Ghent by...
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    The Ghent Altarpiece (interior view) by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, completed 1432. Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium....
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    Jan van Eyck (category Artists from Ghent)
    was preoccupied with completing the Ghent Altarpiece, which was consecrated on 6 May 1432 at Saint Bavo Cathedral during an official ceremony for Philip...
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    Catholic cathedrals in Belgium Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) St. Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels St Bavo's Cathedral...
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  • list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals (the seats of bishops), but also includes former cathedrals and churches built...
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  • 'baptist chapel' from the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent. On the façade of a romanesque manor located at the 'Korenmarkt' in Ghent, also called the 'Borluutsteen'...
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    and the Madeleine Paris, Madrid and El Escorial (Spain), and the cathedrals of Ghent and Bruges (Belgium), Haarlem (Netherlands) and Ribe (Denmark). The...
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    the tallest cathedral is Cologne Cathedral (157.4 m) in Cologne, Germany. The tallest Eastern Orthodox, as well as the tallest domed cathedral, will be People's...
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  • Brecht – Michael Bruges – Andrew the Apostle Brussels – Gudula, Michael GhentBavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis Lier – Gummarus Mons – Waltrude Oudenarde...
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    Canterbury Cathedral, England Crypt of Worcester Cathedral, England Crypt of Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade Netherlands Crypt of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium...
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  • Austria), Saint Bavo's Cathedral had been the episcopal palace. Under his administration, the archives of the Episcopal Seminary of Ghent were organized...
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    Lobbes Abbey (11th century). The group might also include St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent. The churches in Lower Lorraine use simple alternation (pier-column)...
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  • found. The panel was displayed at the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, together with the rest of the Ghent Altarpiece, until it was stolen during...
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  • Saint symbolism has been used from the very beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to...
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