page_title: St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp
section_title: Abbots
hierarchical_section_title: St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp / Abbots
context_page_description: St Michael's Abbey in Antwerp was a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1124 by Norbert of Xanten and laid waste during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1807 a semaphore station was installed in the tower of the church. The buildings were demolished in 1831.
  The abbey has been described as "one of the key churches and most significant monuments in Antwerp from its foundation in the 12th century to its destruction in the nineteenth."
context_section_description: List to 1709 from Jean François Foppens, Historia episcopatus Antverpiensis (Joannes Franciscus Broncart, Liège, 1717), pp. 147-150.
  Waltmannus, 1124–1138
  Emelinus, died 1161
  Alardus, died 1162
  Thibaldus, resigned 1171
  Richardus, resigned 1188
  Waltherus de Stripe, died 1192
  Elias, died 1199
  Giselbertus, died 1205
  Hugo, died 1208
  Arnoldus de Erps, translated 1219
  Hermannus, died 1230
  Sigerius, died 1230
  Eggerius, died 1244
  Gerardus de Lira, died 1258
  Joannes de Lira, died 1272
  Aegidius de Biervliet, died 1286
  Henricus de Mechlinia, died 1300
  Godefridus de Waerloos, died 1328
  Guilielmus de Cabeliau, died 1341
  Guilielmus Lympiaes, died 1353
  Martinus Loys, died 1372
  Guilielmus Brulocht, died 1390
  Petrus Breem, died 1413
  Olardus Terlinck, died 1452
  Joannes Fierkens, died 1476
  Andreas Aechtenryt, died 1478
  Joannes Robyns, died 1486
  Joannes de Weerdt, died 1499 : Post Tenebra espere Lucem.
  Jacobus Elsacker, died 1505
  Jacobus Embrechts, died 1514
  Stephanus a Thenis, died 1518
  Cornelis de Mera, died 1538
  Gregorius de Dagis, died 1562
  Cornelius Emerici, died 1563
  Guilielmus de Greve, died 1581
  Emericus Andreae, died 1590
  Dionysius Feyten, died 1612
  Christianus Michaelius, died 1614
  Matthæus Yrsselius, died 1629
  Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, died 1652: Luce et ardens.
  Norbert van Couwerven, died 1661: Vince.
  Macarius Simeomo, STL, died 1676: Vigila.
  Hermannus vander Poorten, died 1680: Virtus acressit in Umbra.
  Gerardus Knyff, died 1686: Ad astra per Arghem.
  Joannes Chrysostomus Teniers, died 1709: Tene Quod Bene.
  John Baptiste Vermoelen: Premende Coronant.
  Frans Ignace de Lams: Mansuete.
  Joseph Jacob vander Boven: de sursum.
  Jean Chrisosthpme Sammels: Dulciter et Velociter.
  Jacob Thomas: Procede Fideliter.
  Anthony Vaerendonck: Crescite in Gratia.
  Marcell de Vos: Gaute et suaviter.
  Guilhem Fracis Rosa: Per Crucem ad Astras.
  Auguste Pooters: Lucere et Ardere Protectum. Final Abbot ordained in 1790. Died 1816 in Antwerp.
caption: Abbot Yrsselius, portrait by Rubens
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