Grimbergen Abbey

Grimbergen Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons.

The abbey itself was dissolved in 1796 in the aftermath of the French Revolution, but the abbey church of Saint Servatius survived as the parish church of Grimbergen. After the French Revolution the abbey was reinstated. The building in its present form dates from 1660. It was elevated to the status of basilica minor in 1999.

Abbots

1. Humbertus (–1148 of 1149) († 1148)
2. Diederik of Theodoricus (–1170) (†1178)
3. Egbertus († 1179 of 1182)
4. Simon († 1196)
5. Ioannes († 1208)
6. Jan van Merchtem (–1214) (†1214)
7. Hescelo (1200–1223) (†1223)
8. Willem (1223–1228) (†1229)
10. Franco (1228-1244) (†1244)
11. Daniël (1247)
12. Walterus de Roesbeke († 1249)
13. Gosuinus († 1270)
14. Walterus († 1303)
15. Anselmus († 1314)
16. Jan van Poddegem (†1325)
17. Geeraard van Overijse († 1330)
18. Wouter van Marck († 1354)
19. Godefridus de Vos († 1371)
20. Jan van den Hove († 1392)
21. Aegidius de Paepe († 1396)
22. Radulphus de Busingem (1367-1387) († 1397)
23. Boudewijn de Prickere (1396-1400) († 1403)
24. Aegidius de Boeckhout (1400-1416) († 1416)
25. Cornelius de Kempenaer (1416-1446) († 1446)
26. Ioannes (Jan) Vranckx (1446–1465) († 1465)
27. Jan van Mechelen (1465–1474) († 1474)
28. Jan van der Molen (1468/69–1477) († 1477)
29. Mark van der Straeten (1477–1489) († 1489)
30. Arnoldus Persoens (1489- 1505) († 1509) Disce pati
31. Petrus van Wayenberghe (1505–1540)(† 1540)
32. Franciscus du Blioul (1540–1542) († 1542)
33. Nicolaus a Spira (1543–1568) († 1568) Spiritum rectum inspira
34. Geraard van Campenhout (1569–1577) († 1577)
35. Antoon van Oyenbrugge (1577–1594) († 1594)
36. Filip van Raubergen (1594–1613) († 1613)
37. Christophorus Outers (1613–1647) (+ 1647)
38. Carolus Fernández de Velasco (1647–1665) († 1665) Illumina
39. Iudocus (Joost) vander Elst (1665–1670)(† 1670)
40. Laurentius Bogaerts (1670–1692) († 1692)
41. Judocus Bassery (1692–1698) (- † 1698)
42. Herman de Munck (1698–1712) († 1712)
43. Augustinus van Eeckhout (1716–1747) (+1747)
44. Franciscus Casens (1747–1755): Fortitudo mea Deus
45. Jan-Baptist Sophie (1755–1775): Super astra sophia
46. Ignatius Josephus du Rondeau (1775–1778): Praesis et prosis
47. Nicolas Joseph Maras (1778–1794): Nemo sibi

After the French Revolution

48. Jan-Baptist Van Den Bergen (1834–1851)
49. Godfried Van Overstraeten (1851–1870)
50. Ludolphus Van Beveren (1870–1876): Cor unum in Deo
51. Alexander Van Put (1876–1897) :In dilectione et patientia
52. Evermodus Lahaise of Lahaize (1897–1915): In te Domine speravi
53. Hiëronymus Hoppenbrouwers (1916–1941): Ora et labora
54. Augustinus Cantinjaeu (1942–1946) : In de vreugde der liefde
55. Hroznata Van Heesch (1946–1957)
56. Emiel Louis De Winde (1957–1982)
57. Werenfried Petrus Wagenaar (1982–2004): In vinculo pacis .
58. Erik De Sutter (2004–current): Illum oportet crescere.

Other

Grimbergen is also known^{[by whom?]} for its cheese, bread and beer, although at present its beer is being produced by the Carlsberg Group.^{[citation needed]}. In May 2021 they announced they are now producing their own beer.^[1]