Brussels - Saint-Denis / Sint-Denijs

Built in 1250 on the site of an earlier (seventh C.) chapel, the small church of Saint-Denis (Square Omer Denis) contains the 11th C. tomb of Alène, daughter of a non-Christian nobleman from Dilbeek. Incensed by learning of his daughter's secret baptism he is said to have beaten her to death, only to become a convert to Christianity himself as a result of miracles witnessed at her grave.