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St Martin's Church, Aalst

Coordinates: 50°56′16.04″N 4°2′26.66″E / 50.9377889°N 4.0407389°E / 50.9377889; 4.0407389
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St Martin Church, Aalst
Sint-Martinuskerk
Saint-Martin church in Aalst
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50°56′16.04″N 4°2′26.66″E / 50.9377889°N 4.0407389°E / 50.9377889; 4.0407389
LocationAalst
CountryBelgium
DenominationCatholic
History
Founded1480
DedicationSaint Martin
Architecture
StyleGothic architecture
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

Saint-Martin Church of Aalst (Dutch: Sint Martinuskerk, French: Église Saint-Martin d'Alost) or Church of Sint-Martinus is a church located in Aalst, Flanders, Belgium.

History

The Church of Saint-Martin in Aalst, Belgium was established in dedication to Saint Martin. The gothic style church was built in 1480.[1]

The altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens depicting Saint Roch titled Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims is located at Sint-Martinuskerk.[2]

Composed by Erasmus in 1527, the epitaph of Dirk Martens was installed in Aalst's Saint-Martin church in 1784.[3]

Media related to Sint-Martinuskerk (Aalst) at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ DK Eyewitness Belgium and Luxembourg. (2017). United Kingdom: DK Publishing.
  2. ^ Peckham, H. (2008). Harry Peckham's Tour. United Kingdom: History Press.
  3. ^ Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. (2003). Germany: University of Toronto Press.