Dokkum
Title
Dokkum
Also Known As
Doccum, Dochem, Dockem, Dockinga, Dockinghe, Doeccum
Dates
Founded by 1200; dissolved 1580
Dedication
Boniface; Paul
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Founded as a Benedictine community, Dokkum became first an Augustinian house and then a Premonstratensian one in 1204. It was a double house. Dokkum was suppressed in 1572.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Thomas, fl. ca. 1204
D., fl. 1217
Theodoricus, 1224-1228
Tado (or Thiduardus), fl. 1230
Rothuardus, 1231-1242
Metellus
Gerbrandus, fl. 1269
Pontetus
Bernardus
Rothuardus
Follerius
Cuno
Meinoldus
Walkardus
W., fl. 1297
Wilgredus
Proptetus
Menardus, fl. 1307
Gerbrandus II, fl. 1333
Titjard, ca. 1355-ca. 1374
Rembertus, fl. 1385
Tibrandus
Richardus
Siffridus, 1409-1422
Uilko, 1422-1439
Wilhelmus, 1441-1449
Petrus, fl. 1451
Johannes, fl. 1456
Jacobus de Montfort, 1465-1488
Joannes de Duveland, 1488-1505
Wolter, 1511-1517
Ignotus, ?-1525/26
Dirk (or Ammes) van Loenen, 1543-1547
Hendrik van Zutphen, 1547-1550
Thomas, fl. ca. 1204
D., fl. 1217
Theodoricus, 1224-1228
Tado (or Thiduardus), fl. 1230
Rothuardus, 1231-1242
Metellus
Gerbrandus, fl. 1269
Pontetus
Bernardus
Rothuardus
Follerius
Cuno
Meinoldus
Walkardus
W., fl. 1297
Wilgredus
Proptetus
Menardus, fl. 1307
Gerbrandus II, fl. 1333
Titjard, ca. 1355-ca. 1374
Rembertus, fl. 1385
Tibrandus
Richardus
Siffridus, 1409-1422
Uilko, 1422-1439
Wilhelmus, 1441-1449
Petrus, fl. 1451
Johannes, fl. 1456
Jacobus de Montfort, 1465-1488
Joannes de Duveland, 1488-1505
Wolter, 1511-1517
Ignotus, ?-1525/26
Dirk (or Ammes) van Loenen, 1543-1547
Hendrik van Zutphen, 1547-1550
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Reference
Bibliography
Exaltus, Richard. “Dokkum (Fr.) Markt.” DANS Data Station Archaeology, 2005. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zpr-7pzg.
Hallema, A. “St. Bonifatius en het Bonifatiusklooster te Dokkum.” In St.-Bonifatiusboek, 63–90. Utrecht: Van Leeuwen, 1927. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB02:000120490:00085.
Image Credit
The remains of the Sint-Bonifatiusklooster next to the Grote Kerk/Sint-Martinuskerk, 17th c. From Frederick de Wit, "Dokkum", in Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium et præcipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Provinciarum peraccurate delineatarum (1698). Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Dokkum,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/307.
Geolocation
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