Saint-Ghislain Abbey () was a monastery founded by Saint Ghislain around 650, located in Wallonia on the Haine (Hainaut, Belgium). It became a Benedictine monastery around 940, when reformed by Gérard of Brogne, and was suppressed in 1796.
History On 2 June 965, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, confirmed Godfrey of Lower Lotharingia's gift to the abbey of 18 mansi of land in Villers-Saint-Ghislain.D. Van Overstraeten, "Diploma van keizer Otto I voor de abdij van Saint-Ghislain, 965", tr. C. Vleeschouwers, in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 10-13.
Notable members Mathieu Moulart
References
See also List of Christian monasteries in Belgium