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	Read about Gudula at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Gudula and learn about Gudula here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the birth of Gudula her mother Amalberga, who is herself venerated as a saint, embraced the religious life, and according to tradition received the veil at the hands of St. Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai (d.
		6 June 1579, the collegiate church was pillaged and wrecked by the Gueux, and the relics of the saint disinterred and scattered.
		In iconography, St. Gudula is represented on a seal of the Church of St. Gudula of 1446 holding in her right hand a candle, and in her left a lamp, which a demon endeavours to extinguish.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Gudula (504 words)

	Gudula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Count Lambert II Balderic of Louvain (+1054) founded in 1047 a chapter in honour of Saint Gudula and requested the translation of her relics to Bishop Gerardus I of Cambrai (+1051) to the church of Saint Michel in Brussels.
		On 6 June 1579, the collegiate church was pillaged and wrecked by the Beggars (Protestants), and the relics of the saint disinterred and scattered.
		The feast of the saint is celebrated at Brussels on 8 January, and at Ghent—in which diocese Moorsel is situated on 19 January.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Gudula (606 words)

	Gudula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Gudula is named after several places where she is venerated or which are relevant to her biography: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).
		Gudula's sister was St. Reineldis (of Saintes), and her brother, the mission bishop St. Emebertus (often confused with Bishop Ablebertus of Cambrai).
		The holy head of Gudula is conserved in the Catholic Church of St. Hildegard in Eibingen, Germany.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gudula (606 words)

	St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael and Gudula Cathedral is located at the Treurenberg hill in Brussels, Belgium.
		The archangel St. Michael and the martyr St. Gudula are the patron saints of Brussels.
		In the 13th century, the cathedral was renovated in the Gothic style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Michael_and_Gudula_Cathedral (128 words)

	Royal wedding - The Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula
		The Catholic Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula lies in the heart of the historic centre of Brussels, Belgium’s capital.
		This church was dedicated to Saints Michael and Gudula, patron saints of Brussels, and housed a Chapter, formed in 1047 by the Dukes of Brabant.
		Gudula is said to have lived in the 7th century, devoting her life to the poor and crippled.
	www.monarchie.be /laurentclaire/en/cathedral (788 words)

	List of cathedrals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of cathedrals around the world, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations that have the word "cathedral" in their names.
		SS Virgil and Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg (Dom hl.
		Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zagreb (Roman Catholic)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_cathedrals (1593 words)

	wiki/Gudula Definition / wiki/Gudula Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Saint Gudula of Moorsel, Brussels and Eibingen (also known as Goule; Latin Guodila, Dutch: Sint Goedele, French French (le français, la langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese.
		Gudula's sister was St. Reinelda, and her brother, the mission bisop St. Emebertus (often confused with Bishop Ablebertus of Cambrai).
		The feast of the saint is celebrated at Brussels on 8 January, and at GhentGhent (Gent in Dutch, once Gaunt in English) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders, of which it is the capital.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Gudula (1160 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gudula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Saint Gudula of Brussels and Eibingen (also known as Goule; Latin Gudula, Dutch: Sinte Goedele, French Sainte Gudule) was born in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, of Witger and Amalberga, in the seventh century.
		The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint.
		Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: BrÃ¼ssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gudula (1125 words)

	Cathédrale Saint-Michel et Sainte-Gudule, Bruxelles (Belgique)
		The Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula lies in the heart of the historic centre of Brussels.
		Gudula is believed to have lived in the 7th century, dedicating her life to the poor and the infirm.
		The Choir was the earliest part of the Cathedral to be finished (13th century) whereas the two towers at the front, each 69m high, were completed only at the beginning of the 16th century, under the reign of emperor Charles V. Other 17th century additions include several chapels surrounding the gothic choir.
	www.uquebec.ca /~uss1010/orgues/benelux/bruxellessmsg.html (1973 words)

	travels-web.com Destination Guide: attractions of Brussels, Belgium
		In 1047 the duke of Brabant, Lambert II, had the relics of Saint Gudula transferred from the Saint Gorik church in downtown Brussels to the new church at Treurenberg hill.
		From that moment on the Saint Gudula and Saint Michael church took the lead over all the other churches in Brussels.
		Because of its growing importance, the first St. Gudula church originally built in romanesque style was transformed in Gothic style as from the 13th century.
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	Saint Michael Stained Glass - Amazing Stained Glass Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michael the Archangel Church were produced in the Royal Bavarian Stained...
		Saint Michael, The Archangel, Tree Planted By the Rivers of Water...
		At St. Michael âs Parish, the liturgy is celebrated according to the traditional Latin Rite of the Catholic...
	www.amazingstainedglassguide.com /saint-michael-stained-glass.html (760 words)

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		It became the collegiate church of St. Michael and later of St. Gudula, after the transfer of the saint's relics.
		In 1962 the church became the cathedral of the newly formed archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels At that time it lost its dedication to St. Gudula (one of the many saints contested during the 2nd Vatican Council, but she was reinstated in 1993).
		Inside, we saw the beautiful high rib vaulting, the ornately carved oak pulpit (1699), life-size statues of the apostles on the nave's twelve columns, the swallow's nest organ, and the series of exquisite stained glass windows installed from the 16th to 19th centuries.
	www.derie.net /TravNethDec2002c.htm (1026 words)

	Belgium cathedrals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or the Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) is the seat of the diocese of Ghent.
		The building is based upon the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, a primarily wooden construction, it was consecrated in 942 by Transmarus, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon.
		The cathedral is noted for the Ghent Altarpiece in its Joost Vijd chapel.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Belgium-cathedrals (303 words)

	Belgium - The Catherdral Of Brussels
		The only fact of importance known as to her life is that she used to rise early, in order to pay her, devotions at a distant church, whither she guided her steps by the aid of a lantern.
		Gudule, in the later history of Brussels Cathedral, is the painful medieval incident of the Stolen Hosts.
		This ugly object was made for the Jesuits' Church at Louvain, and given to the Cathedral by Maria Theresa on the suppression of the Society of Jesus.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/belgium-18.shtml (1952 words)

	Cathédrale Saints Michel et Gudule III
		The marriage of Belgian Crown Prince Philippe with his bride Princess Jonkvrouwe Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, daughter of Jonkheer Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz and Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, took place here on December 4, 1999.
		At the front of the Cathedral, facing the altar, is a magnificent stained-glass window of 1528 depicting Christ awaiting saved souls.
		It's vivid reds, blues and yellows place it in the 16th-century style.
	www.komine.net /belgium/cathedralemichelgudule03.html (110 words)

	The Ultimate List of cathedrals - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht (Roman Catholic) - partly destroyed, no longer the mother church of the archdiocese
		Cathedral of Kamien Pomorski (Roman Catholic); in Kamien Pomorski
		Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Kaliningrad), in Kaliningrad (Orthodox)
	www.historymania.com /american_history/List_of_cathedrals (1503 words)

	Find A Grave - Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula
		His tomb in the pictured chapel of the cathedral was destroyed during the revolutionary period.
		This statue of St. Gudula stands in the church where she was buried and her remains venerated.
		He is buried in the cathedral, but the exact location of his grave is unknown.
	www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=639544 (406 words)

	St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral - Brussels, Belgium
		Michael and Gudula Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Michel; Dutch: Sint-Michiels Kathedraal), named for the patron saints of Belgium, is located at at the Treurenberg hill in Brussels.
		Completed circa 1047, the Duke of Brabant then transferred the relics of Saint Gudula to the new church.
		The Cathedral of St. Michael and Gudula is the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels and therefore the leading Catholic church in Belgium.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /belgium/brussels-cathedral-st-michael-gudula.htm (204 words)

	Antwerp Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The five stained glass windows in the apse of the cathedral Saints-Michael-and-Gudula at Brussels (1524-1530), constitute an exceptional ensemble which illustrates the introduction of the Renaissance style into the Low Countries.
		Members of the imperial family are shown kneeling in prayer before a saint, in front of a curtain and below a baldachin.
		For instance, in the seals realized after his designs, balusters are used as ornament rather than as structural supports; they appear in the same role in the windows of the apse of Saint Michael's.
	www.hnanews.org /2002/papers/lecocq.htm (502 words)

	Monuments in the city of Leuven, Louvain in Belgium.
		Between the Saint Peter's Church and the town hall a medieval-looking building can be spotted.
		After the order of Jesuits had been abolished by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, the church became the parish church of Saint Michael.
		The pulpit, made in 1765 by Du Roy, comes from the Saint Michael and Saint Gudula cathedral in Brussels.
	www.trabel.com /leuven/leuven-othermonuments.htm (549 words)

	Flanders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the flamboyant Gothic Saint Peter's Church (with the famous 15th century painting of Dirk Bouts 'The Last Supper') to the impressive Romanesque Gate, and not forgetting the unrivalled Park Abbey of Baroque Style.
		The town still owes much of its character to the numerous university buildings, dating from the 16th and 17th century, many of which were renovated in the 18th century.
		It boasts waterways lined with gorgeous, gabled buildings, a cathedral decorated with priceless art treasures, the SWAK Museum of Contemporary Art, the museum of the Large Beguinage and a fantastic museum of historical weapons.
	www.britholidays.com /flanders.htm (995 words)

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		As early as the 9th century, was built in this area a church dedicated to St Michael.
		the Saint Gorik church in downtown Brussels to the new church at Treurenberg
		Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
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	List of cathedrals - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SS Michael & John's Cathedral in Bathurst, New South Wales (Roman Catholic)
		SS Virgil & Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg (Dom hl.
		Cathedral of HH Laurentius and Elisabeth in Rotterdam (Roman Catholic)
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/List_of_cathedrals (1564 words)

	Belgium - Origins Of Brussels
		Choose an hotel in the airy and wholesome Upper Town, as near as possible to the Park or the Place Royale.
		Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of Brussels : he will meet you everywhere, even on the lamp-posts.
		For the patroness, St. Gudula, see under the Cathedral.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/belgium-14.shtml (331 words)

	Brussels, Belgium - PopularCities.com
		The glass covered Galeries Saint Hubert is still open today, and is as astounding as when it was built!
		The most dramatic post World War II structure is the Atomium, which is modeled on a molecule of iron.
		Cathédrale Saint-Michel et Sainte-Gudule (Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule): Parvis Ste-Gudule tel.
	www.popularcities.com /cityguides/12100.htm (5344 words)

	Tour Itineraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Across a valley to the north is the Catholic cathedral of St. Patrick, started in 1840, with its exuberant coloring and almost Byzantine interior.
		And second, Durham Cathedral also houses the remains of Venerable Bede (673?-735), the great English historian whose Ecclesiastical History of the English People stands as the most definitive source for English history to that time.
		York Cathedral is particularly important, therefore, as the seat of the Archbishopric of York.
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	German Joys: The Skull of St. Elizabeth of Hungary; or, a Visit to Brussels
		Continuing the theme of skeletons, we move on to the Brussels Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
		It's one of the rare European cathedrals I've visited in which most of the important artwork and chapels are accompanied by discreet yet informative signs, which always enhances the visit.
		Elizabeth of Hungary, patroness saint of, among other things, Teutonic knights and people mocked for their piety.
	andrewhammel.typepad.com /german_joys/2005/06/the_skull_of_st.html (1198 words)

	Knighthood and the Order of the Knights
		Read about he recent marriage of His Royal Highness, Prince Philippe Léopold Louis Marie, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium, Senator, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold and the Honourable Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz.
		the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula, which lies in the heart of the historic centre of Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
		The "see" of the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, currently His Eminence Cardinal Danneels, read his homily during the marriage mass and you can partake in what was stated, yourself.
	www.mongiello.org /knights.htm (491 words)

	Air Transat
		Whether it is the peaceful charm of its French-speaking region (known as Wallonie) or the magnificent Flemish towns of Gent and Bruges, Belgium has more than its share of pleasant surprises.
		East of the capital is Louvain, founded almost 1,000 years ago, which features many buildings of incredible architectural beauty, such as its 15th-century town hall.Flanders Antwerp, the second-largest European port and the industrial heart of Belgium, is located on the right bank of the Escault river, 88 km (55 mi) from the North Sea.
		This town possesses a rich architectural and cultural heritage; without a doubt, its focal point is the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
	www.airtransat.com /en/destination.asp?ID=101&SRC=D1&Sect=Europe&sId=101 (590 words)

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		Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral (Cathedrale St-Michel et Ste-Gudule)
		Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral (Cathedrale St-Michel et Ste-Gudule), Brussels.
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