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    49.81389; 6.42250 The Abbey of Echternach is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The abbey was founded in the 7th...
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    Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg. The town grew around the Abbey of Echternach, which was...
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    It honours Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, who established the Abbey of Echternach. Echternach has developed a strong tourism industry centred...
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    Abbey of Echternach in AD 698, and is celebrated annually in the dancing procession of Echternach. For a few centuries the abbey would become one of northern...
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    The Echternach Gospels (Paris, Bib. N., MS. lat. 9389) were produced, presumably, at Lindisfarne Abbey in Northumbria around the year 690. This location...
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    Willibrord (category Abbots of Echternach)
    counted the first bishop of Utrecht. In 698 he established the Abbey of Echternach on the site of a Roman villa in Echternach, which was donated to him...
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  • mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach. Charibert's father was possibly Martin of Laon. The name of Charibert's wife is not known. Charibert...
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    falls just outside the end of rule by the Ottonian dynasty. It was produced at the Abbey of Echternach under the direction of Abbot Humbert. The manuscript...
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    Echternach (Luxembourgish: Iechternach) is a canton in the east of Luxembourg. It is largely coterminous with the Mullerthal region. It borders Germany...
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    Eersel (category Municipalities of North Brabant)
    Aureus of Echternach (or Liber Aureus) of the Abbey of Echternach. In this document is a charter included in which a certain Aengilbertus, son of late Gaobertus...
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