Saint-Hubert Abbey
| Abbaye de St-Pierre en Ardennes | |
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Order of St Benedict |
| Established | 687 |
| Disestablished | 1797 |
| Diocese | Liège |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 50°01′35″N 5°22′28″E / 50.0265°N 5.3744°ECoordinates: 50°01′35″N 5°22′28″E / 50.0265°N 5.3744°E |
The Abbey of Saint-Hubert, officially the Abbey of St Peter in the Ardennes (Abbaye de Saint-Pierre en Ardennes), was a Benedictine monastery founded in the Ardennes in 687 and suppressed in 1797. The former abbey church is now a minor basilica in the diocese of Namur. It was listed as built heritage in 1938, and as an exceptional monument in 2016.
The monastery was founded in the village of Andage in 687 by Pepin of Herstal and his wife, Plectrude, for the monk Bergis. It was dedicated to St Peter.
The remains of St Hubert (died 727) were installed in the monastery on 30 September 825. Both the abbey and the village would as a result come to be generally known as "Saint-Hubert".
There were serious fires in the monastery in 1130, 1261, and 1525, and the building was sacked by Calvinists in 1568. The final suppression of the monastery took place in 1797.
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