Geel - Sint-Dimpnakerk
Situated on the road to Mol, Sint-Dimpnakerk is late Gothic, built 1349-1479. The massive tower (16th C.) made of alternating white sandstone and brown ironstone was never finished.
The church's art treasures include the Sint-Dimpna retable of 1515 on the main altar with fine wood carving, a Brabant retable of the Passion in the right transept (wood; 1490), a stone retable depicting the 12 apostles (14th C.) and the silver reliquaries of St Dymphna and her confessor, Gerebernus.
The church's art treasures include the Sint-Dimpna retable of 1515 on the main altar with fine wood carving, a Brabant retable of the Passion in the right transept (wood; 1490), a stone retable depicting the 12 apostles (14th C.) and the silver reliquaries of St Dymphna and her confessor, Gerebernus.
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In the choir the Renaissance mausoleum in marble and alabaster of Jan III de Merode and his wife was the work of Cornelis Floris de Vriendt in 1554. From 1484-1601 Geel was owned by the de Merode family. The so-called "sick room" built against the church tower housed the sick during the nine day pilgrimage and from here they were carried into the church three times a day to pray.
