Begijnhofkapel
In the Begijnhof—Amsterdam’s historic refuge for the Beguines—the Begijnhofkapel is a Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint John and Saint Ursula. It is run by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, within St Nicholas Parish, and it occupies a former *schuilkerk* beside the Begijnhof’s story of spiritual independence. The Beguines themselves first took shape around 1150 as a community of unmarried women who vowed chastity and obedience to the parish priest, yet retained control of their own property rather than taking the vows of poverty. Their presence also appears in city records: the earliest use of the word “beguines” is dated to 1307, and a document from 31 July 1346 mentions the Beghijnhuis being ceded to them. The chapel dates from 1665, with an expansion in 1671, and it is associated with Philips Vingboons. …
AI-generated from open data and cross-checked, with review where noted. How we write narrations
🎧 Listen in WayWhisperOfficial website ↗
