Foundation of the secular abbeys of Mons, Maubeuge and Nivelles. The canonesses gathered in Nivelles, where Walcaud, bishop of Liege (810-832), urges them to adopt a Rule. 19th-century facsimile of an engraving from "Chronicles of Hainaut", late 14th century. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.

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Foundation of the secular abbeys of Mons, Maubeuge and Nivelles.

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