Nov 242010
![[Saint Amalberga Church]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/gazetteer-of-the-faith/saint-amalberga-church.jpg "Saint Amalberga Church")
Also known as
- Abbey of Susteren
- Abdij van Susteren
Founded
- early 8th century as a Benedictine house for area missionaries
- c.890 as an house of secular canonesses
Suppressed
- destroyed by Vikings in 882
- suppressed in the late 18th century during the anti-Christian excesses that followed the French Revolution
Notes
Founded in Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands. Saint Amelberga of Susteren served as the first abbess of the re-built abbey. The only surviving structure of the hosue is the 11th-century church now known as Saint Amelberga‘s Basilica.
Additional
MLA Citation
- “Susteren Abbey”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 November 2010. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/susteren-abbey/>