Saint of the Day – 30 July – St Hatebrand OSB (Died 1198) Abbot, Monk at Saint Paul’s Abbey in Utrecht, Netherlands. Hatebrand became the Abbot there or possibly he founded a new Monastery in the region of Antwerp but this cannot be verified . Born in Frisia and died at his Monastery there in modern Antwerp in Belgium
This Painting of St Hatebrand resides in the St. Andrieskerk in Antwerpen.
Hatebrand a native of the region became a Benedictine Monk at St Paul’s Monastery in Utrecht. In around 1183 he became the Abbot and/or founded a Monastery near Felwerd possibly in Bsouth Belgium.
Our St Hatebrand is famed for having revived the Benedictine Order and Rule in the area of Frisia.
He died in 1198 and his Relics are at Sint-Benedictuskerk in Mortsel which is now in Belgium in the Province of Antwerp.
St Benedict Church where St Hatebrand’s Relics are enshrined
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