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List of Christian monasteries in Belgium

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List of Christian monasteries in Belgium

This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic.

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  • Achel Abbey (Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel, de Achelse Kluis or Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus) (extant), part in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium, and part in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands: Trappist monks
  • Affligem (Flemish Brabant):
  • Affligem Abbey (Abdij van Affligem) (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks
  • Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (dissolved) (Abdij Maria Mediatrix en Sant Wivina): Benedictine nuns
  • Aldeneik Abbey (Abdij van Aldeneik) at Aldeneik, Maaseik, Limburg: Benedictine nuns, later canons regular
  • Amay, former commune of Jehay (Liège):
  • Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay) (dissolved): Cistercian nuns (1244-1797)
  • Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to form Chevetogne Abbey: Benedictine monks. The premises now accommodate the Centre de perfectionnement aux métiers du patrimoine and the Maison du tourisme Hesbaye et Meuse
  • Andenne Abbey (Abbaye d'Andenne) at Andenne (Namur): Benedictine double abbey, later secular canonesses
  • Antwerp:
  • Antwerp Charterhouse: Carthusians
  • St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp: Premonstratensians
  • St. Saviour's Abbey, Antwerp (Abdij SintSalvator Antwerpen): Cistercian monks
  • Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton) at Lonzée, Gembloux (Namur): Cistercian nuns
  • Assebroek, see Steenbrugge
  • Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
  • Aubechies Abbey (Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint-Géry d'Aubechies) at Aubechies (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
  • Aulne Abbey (Abbaye d'Aulne) at Gozée (Hainaut): Benedictine monks, then secular clergy, then Augustinian canons, then Cistercian monks
  • Averbode Abbey (Abdij van Averbode) (extant) at Averbode, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
  • Aywiers Abbey or Aywières Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers or d'Aywières), founded at Awirs but moved to Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

    • B

  • Baudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo or Baudeloo) at Klein-Sinaai (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Beaupré Abbey (Abdij van Beaupré) at Grimminge (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Beaurepart Abbey (Abbaye du Beaurepart) in Liège: Premonstratensians
  • Ter Beeck Abbey (Abdij Ter Beeck) at Halle-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant: Cistercian nuns
  • Béguinages (Begijnhoven) at:
  • Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren
  • Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns
  • Bijloke Abbey, also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke or Abbaye de la Byloque) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian monks
  • Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant: Premonstratensians
  • Boneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe) at Éghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks (from 1461)
  • Bonheiden Abbey, see Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden
  • Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance) at Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Estinnes (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
  • Bornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem
  • Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat) at Braschaat (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
  • Brecht Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Brecht (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (refoundation of the earlier house at Lier) at Brecht (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
  • Brialmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Brialmont) (extant), in the former Château de Brialmont, Tilff (Liège): Trappist nuns
  • Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne) at Saint-Gérard (Namur): Benedictine monks (founded 919)
  • Bruges (West Flanders):
  • Augustinian Priory, Bruges (Augustijnenklooster, Brugge): Augustinian canons
  • Eekhout Abbey (Eekhoutabdij, Sint-Bartholomeusabdij): Augustinian canons
  • St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij Sint-Andries Brugge), now St. Andrew's Abbey, Zevenkerken: Benedictine monks
  • St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge): Benedictine nuns
  • St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij, Brugge), originally in Bruges, then Male, now back in Bruges: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage (Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde): Beguines; from 1927 a priory of Benedictine nuns, as the Monasterium De Wijngaard
  • Brussels:
  • Coudenberg Abbey (Abbaye du Coudenberg, Abbaye Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg; Abdij Sint-Jacob op de Koudenberg) in Brussels: Augustinian canons
  • English Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles): English Benedictine nuns in exile
  • Jericho Priory (Klooster Jericho, Klooster Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Rosen gheplant in Jericho) in Brussels: Canonesses Regular

    • C

  • La Cambre Abbey (Abbaye de la Cambre or Abdij Ter Kameren) at Ixelles, Brussels: Cistercian nuns
  • Cambron Abbey (Abbaye de Cambron-Casteau) at Brugelette (Hainaut): Cistercian monks
  • Celles Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Hadelin de Celles-sur-Lesse) at Celles, Houyet (Namur): either Benedictine monks, or a men's collegiate foundation
  • Chercq Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Chercq) (dissolved) at Chercq near Tournai (Hainaut): Carthusians
  • Chevetogne Abbey (Abbaye de Chevetogne) at Ciney (Namur): Benedictine monks of both Latin and Byzantine rites
  • Chimay (Hainaut):
  • St. Monegonde's Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Sainte-Monégonde de Chimay) (dissolved): Benedictine monks
  • Sts. Peter and Paul's Abbey, Chimay: men's collegiate foundation
  • Our Lady of Peace Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Chimay): Cistercian nuns, from 1919
  • see also Scourmont Abbey
  • Clairefontaine Abbey (Abbaye de Clairefontaine) near Arlon (Luxembourg): Trappist nuns
  • Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon) in Liège: Premonstratensian double house
  • Cortenberg, see Kortenberg
  • Coudenberg Abbey, see Brussels

    • D

  • Dendermonde Abbey or Saints Peter and Paul's Abbey, Dendermonde (Sint Pieters-en-Paulusabdij, Dendermonde) at Dendermonde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Dieleghem Abbey (Abbaye de Dieleghem) at Dielegem in Jette (Brussels): Augustinian Canons 1095-1140, thereafter Premonstratensians
  • Dikkelvenne Abbey (Abdij van Dikkelvenne), moved to Geraardsbergen in 1081, at Dikkelvenne, Gavere (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Ter Doest Abbey (Abdij Ter Doest) at Lissewege, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian monks
  • Doornzele Abbey (Abdij van Doornzele) at Evergem (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Drongen Abbey (Abdij van Drongen) at Drongen, Gent (East Flanders): Premonstratensians
  • Ten Duinen Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten Duinen or Abdij Ten Duinen; Abbaye des Dunes) at Koksijde (West Flanders): Cistercian monks

    • E

  • Eekhout Abbey, see Bruges
  • Ename Abbey (Sint-Salvatorabdij) at Ename, Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Enghien Charterhouse (Chartreuse d'Enghien) at Enghien (Hainaut): Carthusian monks
  • Épinlieu Abbey (Abbaye d'Épinlieu) at Mons (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
  • Ermeton Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ermeton-sur-Biert) at Ermeton-sur-Biert (Namur): Benedictine nuns There are ruins nearby of an earlier monastery, of which nothing is known
  • Eversam Abbey (Abdij van Eversam) at Stavele (West Flanders): Augustinian canons

    • F

  • Flône Abbey (Abbaye de Flône) at Flône, Amay (Liège) - Augustinian canons
  • Floreffe Abbey (Abbaye de Floreffe) at Floreffe (Namur): Premonstratensians
  • Florennes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Florennes) at Florennes (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Florival Abbey (Abbaye de Florival) at Archennes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Forest Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Forest-lez-Bruxelles) at Forest-lez-Bruxelles (Brussels): Benedictine nuns

    • G

  • Gembloux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Exupère de Gembloux) at Gembloux (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Geraardsbergen Abbey (Abdij van Geraardsbergen), previously at Dikkelvenne, at Geraardsbergen (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Géronsart Abbey (Abbaye de Géronsart) at Jambes (Namur): Augustinian canons
  • Ghent, East Flanders:
  • St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Baafsabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
  • English Ladies, Ghent (Abbaye des Dames anglaises): English Benedictine nuns in exile
  • St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
  • Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Rijke Gasthuis: Benedictine nuns
  • Ghislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien) at Ghislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
  • Gistel, see Ten Putte
  • Groot-Bijgarden Abbey, also St. Wivina's Abbey (Abdij van Groot-Bijgaarden, also Sint-Wivina-abdij) at Groot-Bijgarden, Dilbeek (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns
  • Grandpré Abbey (Abbaye de Grandpré) at Gesves (Namur): Cistercian monks
  • Grimbergen Abbey (Abdij van Grimbergen) at Grimbergen (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
  • Groeninge Abbey (Abdij van Groeninge) at Kortrijk (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

    • H

  • Haaltert Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Géry de Haaltert) at Haaltert (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Ter Hage Abbey (Abdij Ter Hage, Terhagen or Tenhagen) first at Axel in the Netherlands, later in Ghent: Cistercian nuns
  • Hasselt Priory (Augustijnenklooster Hasselt) at Hasselt (Limburg): Augustinian canons
  • Hastière Abbey (Abbaye d'Hastière) at Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Hemelsdaele Abbey (Abdij van Hemelsdaele) at Hemelsdaele, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Hemiksem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
  • Hérinnes Charterhouse (Chartreuse de la Chapelle à Hérinnes) at Hérinnes (Flemish Brabant): Carthusian monks
  • Herkenrode Abbey (Abdij van Herkenrode) at Herkenrode, Hasselt (formerly Kuringen) (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
  • Heylissem Abbey (Abdij van Heylissem) at Hélécine (Walloon Brabant): Premonstratensians
  • Hocht Abbey (Abdij van Hocht) at Lanaken (Limburg): Cistercian monks, then Cistercian nuns
  • Hurtebise Monastery (Monastère d'Hurtebise) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine nuns

    • J

  • Le Jardinet Abbey (Abbaye du Jardinet) at Walcourt (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1430, then Cistercian monks

    • K

  • Klaarland Priory or Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland (Priorij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Klaarland) at Lozen, Bocholt (Limburg): Trappist nuns
  • Kortenberg Abbey (Abdij van Kortenberg) at Kortenberg (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns

    • L

  • Leffe Abbey (Abbaye de Leffe) (extant) at Leffe, Dinant (Namur): Premonstratensians
  • Leuven (Flemish Brabant):
  • Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
  • Keizersberg Abbey, also Mont César Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg, Abdij Regina Coeli, Abbaye du Mont César) in Leuven: Benedictine monks
  • Park Abbey (Abdij van 't Park) at Heverlee, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
  • St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
  • St. Monica's, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
  • St. Michael's College, Leuven: Jesuits
  • Vlierbeek Abbey (Abbaye de Vlierbeek) at Kessel-Lo, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine monks
  • Liège:
  • Abbey of the Peace of Our Lady, Liège (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Liège): Benedictine nuns
  • St. James' Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Liège): Benedictine monks
  • St. Laurence's Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Liège): Benedictine monks
  • Lier Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Lier (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (later refounded at Brecht: see Brecht Abbey) at Lier (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
  • Lier, see Hemiksem
  • Lieu-Saint-Bernard Abbey, otherwise Abbaye Saint-Bernard-sur-l'Escaut: see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
  • Lobbes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes) (dissolved) at Lobbes, Hainaut: Benedictine monks
  • Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey

    • M

  • Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Maegdendael Abbey (Abdij van Maegdendael) at Oplinter (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Malmedy Abbey (Abbaye de Malmedy) at Malmedy (Liège): administered together with Stavelot Abbey as the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks
  • Malonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne) (dissolved) at Malonne (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Marche-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames or Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier) at Marche-les-Dames (Namur): women's community of no known order until c. 1235, then Cistercian nuns to 1856; Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul to 1880, Ursulines to 1914, Carmelite sisters to 1973; non-religious boarding school to 1980; the Little Sisters of Bethlehem to 2000; now occupied by the lay community Madonna House
  • Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret) (extant) at Anhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns
  • Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous) (extant) at Denée (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Menin Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Menin or Abbaye des Saints-Anges) at Menen (Menin) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
  • Merkem Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame de Merkem) at Merkem (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
  • Mesen Abbey or Messines Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Messines) at Mesen (Messines) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
  • Mons Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Mons) at Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
  • Mont César Abbey (Abbaye du Mont César), see Leuven, Keizersberg Abbey
  • Mont Cornillon, see Cornillon Abbey
  • Mont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or) at Wevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Moorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel) at Moorsel, Aalst (East Flanders): Benedictine nuns
  • Moulins-Warnant Abbey (Abbaye de Moulins-Warnant) at Anhée (Namur): community of women (no known rule), then Cistercian nuns 1233-1414, then Cistercian monks
  • Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen) at Munsterbilzen, Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nuns

    • N

  • Namur Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Namur) at Namur: Cistercians
  • Nazareth, Our Lady of, see Brecht and Lier
  • Nieuwenbosch Abbey (Abdij Nieuwenbosch) at Heusden (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Nieuwpoort Charterhouse (Kartuize Nieuwpoort), also known as Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse, at Nieuwpoort (West Flanders): English Carthusians in exile
  • Ninove Abbey (Abbaye de Ninove) at Ninove (East Flanders): Premonstratensians
  • Nivelles Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Nivelles) at Nivelles (Walloon Brabant): women's collegiate foundation
  • Nizelles Abbey (Abbaye de Nizelles) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks

    • O

  • Abbaye de l'Olive at Morlanwelz (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
  • Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, see Ypres
  • Oost-Eekloo Abbey (Abdij van Oost-Eekloo) at Oosteeklo and later Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Orienten Abbey (Abbaye d'Orienten) at Rummen (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) (extant) at Villers-devant-Orval, Florenville (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks, then Canons Regular, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks
  • Oudenaarde Abbey (Abdji van Oudenaarde) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Oudenburg Abbey (Abdij van Oudenburg) at Oudenburg (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

    • P

  • Parc-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Parc-les-Dames) at Wezemaal (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Postel Abbey (Abdij van Postel) (extant) at Postel, Mol (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
  • Ten Putte Abbey (Abdij Ten Putte, also Sint-Godelieveabdij) (extant) at Gistel (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

    • Q

  • Quévy Abbey (Abbaye de Quévy) at Quévy (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

    • R

  • La Ramée Abbey (Abbaye de la Ramée) (extant) at Jauchelette, Jodoigne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Robermont Abbey (Abbaye de Robermont) at Robermont (Liège): Cistercian nuns
  • Rochefort Abbey or St. Rémy's Abbey, Rochefort (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) (extant) at Rochefort (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1464, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks
  • Roesbrugge Abbey (Abdij van Roesbrugge) at Roesbrugge (West Flanders): Canonesses Regular (see also Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, Ypres)
  • Roeulx Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Feuillien du Roeulx) at Le Roeulx (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
  • Ronse Abbey (Abdij van Ronse) at Ronse (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
  • Ten Roosen Abbey (Abdij Ten Roosen) at Aalst (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
  • Roosenberg Abbey (Abdij van Roosenberg) at Waasmunster (East Flanders): Canonesses Regular
  • Roosendael Abbey (Abdij van Roosendael) at Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Antwerp): Cistercian nuns
  • Rothem Abbey (Abdij van Rothem) at Haelen (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
  • Rouge-Cloître Abbey (Abbaye du Rouge-Cloître, Abbaye Saint-Paul en Soignes) in Averghem (south-eastern Brussels): Augustinian canons

    • S

  • St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges
  • St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerly Bornem Abbey (Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem or Abdij van Bornem) at Bornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks
  • St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, also St. Bernard's Abbey on the Scheldt (Sint Bernaerdts op Scheldt or Sint Bernardusabdij) at Hemiksem (Antwerp) (moved to St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem, in 1836): Cistercian monks
  • Abbey of Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie (Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie) at Saint-Denis, Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
  • St. Gertrude's Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain-la-Neuve) at Louvain-la-Neuve: Benedictine nuns
  • see also St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven
  • Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain or Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de la Celle) at Saint-Ghislain (Hainaut): Benedictines
  • St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges
  • St. Godelieve's Abbey, Gistel, see Ten Putte Abbey
  • Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks
  • St. Michael's Abbey, see Antwerp
  • Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort
  • St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren
  • Sint-Truiden (Limburg):
  • Sint-Truiden Abbey (Abdij van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine monks
  • St. Catherine's Abbey, Sint-Truiden (Abdij Sint-Katrien van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine nuns
  • Zeppern Charterhouse, see Zepperen
  • St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij), formerly at Male, now back in Bruges, West Flanders: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
  • St. Wivina's Abbey, see Groot-Bijgarden
  • Salzinnes Abbey (Abbaye de Salzinnes) at Salzinnes (Namur): Cistercian nuns
  • Saulchoir Abbey (Abbaye du Saulchoir) at Kain in Tournai (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
  • Scheut Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Scheut) at Anderlecht (Brussels): Carthusian monks
  • Scourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont) (extant) at Forges, Chimay (Hainaut): Trappist monks
  • Sheen Anglorum, see Nieuwpoort Charterhouse
  • Sinnich Abbey (Abdij van Sinnich) near Teuven, Voeren (Limburg): Augustinian canonesses
  • Soleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont) (extant) at Gilly (Hainaut): Trappist nuns
  • Solières Abbey (Abbaye de Solières) at Ben-Ahin (Liège): Cistercian nuns
  • Spermaillie Abbey (Abbaye de Spermaillie) at Bruges: Cistercian nuns
  • Stavelot Abbey (Abbaye de Stavelot) at Stavelot (Liège): together with Malmedy Abbey formed the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks
  • Steenbrugge Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge) (extant) in Assebroek, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

    • T

  • Tongerlo Abbey (Abdij van Tongerlo) (extant) at Tongerlo, Westerlo (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
  • Tongeren Abbey (Abdij van Tongeren) at Tongeren (Limburg): Benedictine monks
  • Tournai Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai) at Tournai (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

    • V

  • Val-Benoît Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Benoît) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
  • Val-du-Ciel Abbey (Abbaye de Val-du-Ciel) at Ophoven (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
  • Val-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Dieu or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu; Abdij van Godsdal) at Aubel (Liège): Cistercian monks
  • Val-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Notre-Dame) at Antheit (Liège): Cistercian nuns
  • Val-Saint-Bernard Abbey (Abbaye du Val-Saint-Bernard) at Diest (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Saint-Lambert) at Seraing (Liège): Cistercian monks
  • Abbaye du Val-Saint-Georges, Cistercians: see Salzinnes
  • Val des Vierges, see Ghislenghien Abbey
  • Valduc Abbey (Abbaye de Valduc) at Hamme-Mille, Beauvechain (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Vellereille-les-Brayeux, see Bonne-Esperance Abbey
  • La Vignette Abbey (Abbaye de la Vignette) at Leuven: Cistercian nuns
  • Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville) at Villers-la-Ville (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks
  • Vivegnis Abbey (Abbaye de Vivegnis) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
  • Vivier, Abbaye Notre-Dame du, see Marche-les-Dames Abbey

    • W

  • Waulsort Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Waulsort) at Waulsort, Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
  • Wauthier-Braine Abbey (Abbaye de Wauthier-Braine) at Wauthier-Braine (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
  • Wavreumont Abbey or St. Remaclus' Abbey, Wavreumont (Abbaye Saint Remacle de Wavreumont) at Wavreumont (Liège): Benedictine monks
  • Westmalle Abbey (Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Westmalle) at Malle (Antwerp): Trappist monks
  • Westvleteren Abbey or St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtus-Abdij) (extant) at Westvleteren (West Flanders): Trappist monks
  • Ten Wijngaerde, see Bruges

    • Y

  • Ypres (West Flanders):
  • Irish Ladies (Abbaye des Dames irlandaises d'Ypres): Irish Benedictine nuns in exile
  • Abbey of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant (Roesbrugge Dames), formerly Roesbrugge Abbey: Canonesses Regular
  • St. John au Mont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-au-Mont d'Ypres): Benedictine monks

    • Z

  • Zelem Charterhouse at Zelem near Halen (Limburg): Carthusians
  • Zepperen Charterhouse (dissolved) at Zepperen, Sint-Truiden (Limburg): Carthusians
  • Zevenkerken, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges
  • Zonnebeke Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Zonnebeke) at Zonnebeke, Ypres (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
  • Zwijveke Abbey (Abdij van Zwijveke) at Zwijveke, Dendermonde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

    • References

    List of Christian monasteries in Belgium Wikipedia
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