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Hautmont
Nord
Nord - Pas-de-Calais

Place Charles de Gaulle

Saints fondateurs d'Hautmont

Holy Founders of Hautmont

Saints Vincent Madelgaire, Waltrudis, Aldegonde, and Amand

Bernard Sellier
1998

Description

Four bronze statues of the foundings saints of Hautmont:

Hautmont - Saints fondateurs d'Hautmont

AMAND

St. Amand de Maastricht / St. Amandus
Poitoy c. 584 - Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 675
bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders (Wikipedia).

ALDEGONDE
St. Aldegonde de Maubeuge / St. Aldegonde
(Cousoire c. 630 - Maubeuge c. 684)
Benedictine abbess. Sister of St. Waltrude. Converted to Christianity by St. Amand (Wikipedia).
Hautmont - Saints fondateurs d'Hautmont

WAUDRU
St. Waudru de Mons / St. Waltrude
(Cousoire 612 - Mons 686/88)
Wife of St. Vincent and sister of St. Aldegonde. She founded a convent, where the city of Mons grew around (Wikipedia).

VINCENT
St. Vincent de Soignies / St. Vincent Madelgarius
Born Madelgaire de Famars de Hainaut (Strépy c. 607 - Soignies 677)
Count of Hainaut, became benedictine monk and established two monasteries in Hainaut: Hautmont and Soignies (Wikipedia).

Signature

(Amand, Aldegonde and Waudru) Sellier
(Vincent) CS 1998

Sculptor

Bernard Sellier, French sculptor and painter (Blogspot).

Sources & Information

L'Avesnois, Villes et villages de l'Avesnois.
Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art du Nord

Locatie (N 50°15'2" - E 3°55'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp066; Photograph: 15 October 2017
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