36,800
edits
Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady: Difference between revisions
Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady (view source)
Revision as of 03:11, 7 June 2023
, 7 June 2023no edit summary
(Created page with "The Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady (Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap) was a religious confraternity founded in 1318 in 's-Hertogenbosch to promote the veneration of the Mother of God. The brotherhood was organized around a carved wooden image of the Virgin Mary in St John’s Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch.The Brotherhood had two types of members: ordinary members and sworn members, also called 'swan-brethren' because they used to donate a swan for the year...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
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> | ||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
==See Also== | |||
[[Eleusinian Mysteries]] | |||
[[Hyperboreans]] | |||
[[Orphic Mysteries]] | |||
[[Ezekiel]] | |||
[[Category: Ascension]] | |||