Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden
The Roman Catholic hermitage of Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden is situated in the former Reformed church of Warfhuizen, a village in the extreme north of the Netherlands. It is the only Dutch hermitage currently inhabited by a hermit. The name draws upon the traditional epithet for the Virgin Mary ("Our Lady") of hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, a reference to the Song of Songs that indicates the Virgin's "perpetual virginity and at the same time her fruitful maternity".The hermitage was founded in 2001 as the dwelling of a diocesan hermit. As is typical of Dutch hermitages, it includes a public chapel that has a distinct role in popular devotions, here to the Virgin Mary. It is the northernmost Marian shrine in the Netherlands.
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Baron van Asbeckweg, Het Hogeland
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N 53.3428 ° | E 6.4249 ° |
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Kluizenarij OLV van de Besloten Tuin
Baron van Asbeckweg
9963 PC Het Hogeland
Groningen, Netherlands
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