Neumoustier Abbey

The Neumoustier Abbey was build sometime after 1109 in the city of Huy, Belgium. Today, a mansion with gardens have been built on the site. It was an Augustinian abbey dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre and Saint John the Baptist.

Legend has it that Conon, Count of Montaigu, his son Lambert, and Peter the Hermit were returning by ship from the First Crusade when they encountered a fierce storm. They vowed to build a church of God if they were saved, and the storm immediately abated. The Neumoustier Abbey is the result of this apparently divine intervention. Peter lived at the abbey until his death in 1115 where he was entombed. It is not clear when the abbey was destroyed.

Sources

Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusaders, 105-1131, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997 (available on Google Books)
Huy, The Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 14, 1929 (Available on Google Books)

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