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Saint
Adelberts Field
Around the year 690 the Irish
missionaries entered Europe
to bring Christianity to the
believers of the original religion.
At the mouth of an ancient
river was the Heiloo situated,
the Holy Forest of the
Goddess.
Here was their landingplace in
the middle of the Frisian empire.
Very probably the rising
nobility of the Holland county
asked them to land in this Heiloo
area as an weapon against the Frisian emperor.
Since ancient times the Heiloo
area was an important centre of the Goddess religion.
(Some people say this was a
place of the German god Wodan.
This is unlikely since the
Mary veneration is very strong in the Heiloo Church.)
See also our
Visit of Heiloo webpage.
The goddes centre existed of the
two Healing Wells.
The Holy Forest.
At least two Goddess temples.
Maybe more. Much is destroyed.
Except for...
The Healing Well of the
Goddess is still there through all centuries.
Saint Adelbert was buried next
to this healing well of the Goddess.
Did he hope for a miracle?
At least it means he respected
this holy place.
The method of these
missionaries is known:
they destroyed holy places of
the old religion and did build
their own places of reverence
upon the fundamentals of the destroyed places.
Saint Adelbert, one of the
friends of Saint Willibrord the conqueror
of "heathen" Europe,
did build his church upon the Goddess temple.
Because of the overwhelming
numbers of believers that kept coming for the Healing Well,
the Well always stayed in the choir
of the church of Saint Adelbert.
Around 740 Adelbert died and
was buried next to the Well,
where his body stayed until
922, when the Count Dirk of Holland
brought his remains to the
Abbey nearby.
The day of the procession
bringing the bones of Saint Adelbert
from the Well to the Abbey
is still honored on June 15
every year.
On June 28 (or the Sunday
before June 28) a mass is held at this place.
Very likely these happenings
are remains of the old Goddess religion.
On the field a small chapel is
existing, probably dating from 1928.
Flowers and candles are brought
here by believers.
The wooden church built by Saint
Adelbert was replaced
by a stone little church in
1113AD. The stone church was destroyed in 1573AD
by the protestant troops in
the Freedom War against the Habsburg empire.
Although the Well was
condemned by the Protestants and the
church destroyed and the
remains of Adelbert brought elsewhere,
the believers kept coming
daily to the Healing Well.
This open field was named
Saint Adelberts Field.
In 1928 the fundamentals of
the ancient church were outlined,
like it is now.
This ancient place is in
decay.
Only in April of 2008AD the
place was declared a monument.
The foundation Stichting
Adelbertusakker is looking
for donations on postgiro
145720 to bring the place in order.
Isn't this place remarkable?
During unknown ages the
Goddess Temple was here.
The Healing Well existing for
more then 1400 years?
Abandoned by the officials, believers
daily coming in
for the Healing Well literally
through the milleniums?
The place of residence and
burial place of Saint Adelbert.
Here he lived for 50 years.
At this place in the year
750AD the Viking king came
for a pelgrimage to the
Goddess but found everything destroyed.
Still he stayed with the
Healing Well for a while.
Also you are welcome to drink
the healing water.
The Field is open every day of
the week.
The Well doesnt look very
optimal,
but the healing water is safe
to drink.
A holy place of the Goddess.
Also the holy place of Saint Adelbert.
While Saint Adelbert was
buried here next to the Well from 741 until 922
many miracles happened upon
his grave.
Welcome in one of the most
holy places of the Netherlands.
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Updated June 25, 2008
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