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Apart from 36 monks, the members list of 120 includes such influential Dutch families as Fentener van Vlissingen, Van Lanschot and De Roy van Zuydewijn. Painter Jeroen Bosch was also a member, as were Charles V and William of Orange. <ref>[https://www.dutchnews.nl/2018/02/secret-society-illustrious-brotherhood-of-our-lady-goes-public-with-exhibition/ Dutch News]</ref>
Apart from 36 monks, the members list of 120 includes such influential Dutch families as Fentener van Vlissingen, Van Lanschot and De Roy van Zuydewijn. Painter Jeroen Bosch was also a member, as were Charles V and William of Orange. <ref>[https://www.dutchnews.nl/2018/02/secret-society-illustrious-brotherhood-of-our-lady-goes-public-with-exhibition/ Dutch News]</ref>
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==See Also==
[[Eleusinian Mysteries]]
[[Hyperboreans]]
[[Orphic Mysteries]]
[[Ezekiel]]
[[Category: Ascension]]