Vérofle

Title

Vérofle

Also Known As

Brouffe, Brouffle, Mariembourg, Mariyambour, Vereffum, Veroflia, Veroflum

Dates

Founded ca. 1175; dissolved in 1547

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Floreffe

Medieval Diocese

Liège

Circary

Floreffe

History

A community of sisters dependent on Floreffe. It was founded ca. 1175. From ca. 1270 it was a priory of men. The property was sold in 1547. A 17th-century chapel now stands on the site.

Status

Women's community; priory from 1270

Bibliography

Berlière, Ursmer. “Prieuré de Vérofle.” In Monasticon Belge, 1:130–31. Maredsous, 1890. https://archive.org/details/MonasticonBelgeNamur1/page/n149/mode/2up.

Thiry, Marc. Mariembourg. Notre-Dame de la Brouffe. Brussels, 1954.

Image Credit

The chapel of Notre-Dame de La Brouffe, 2024. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Floreffe

Citation

“Vérofle,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/641.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Floreffe