The Low Countries is a coastal region in western Europe, consisting especially of the Netherlands and Belgium which historically have often been part of the same domain. The name of the modern country the Netherlands has the same meaning and origin as the term “low countries” due to “nether” meaning “lower”. The region politically...
Saint Servatius in Belgium and The Netherlands
Saint Servatius a 4th century Christian bishop, one of the first to preach the Gospel in western Europe. Considered the founder of Christianity in the Netherlands and Belgium. Servatius (Servaas in Dutch) is a patron saint of the city of Maastricht (in Holland), and the towns of Schijndel (in Holland) and Grimbergen (in Belgium)....
The First Bishop of Holland came from Armenia
This is a sculpture of Saint Servatius. Saint Servatius (Dutch: Sint Servaas; French: Saint Servais) (traditionally died 384) was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Netherlands. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of...
