Zepperen
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Zepperen is a village and a former municipality. It is part of the municipality of Sint-Truiden in the province of Limburg in Belgium.
The name of the village, in his Latin form ‘Septimburias’ or seven cabins, was first mentioned in the late 8th century. In the life of Saint Trudo, the founder of the nearby city of Sint-Truiden, is noted how the holy boy held a regularly nocturnal pilgrimage to Saint-Genevieve of Paris, especially worshipped in Zepperen. The young Trudo met in Zepperen around 650 with the interim-bishop Remaclus to ask him for his advice concerning his vocation. In that period there was already a basilica in Zepperen, dedicated to Saint-Genevieve.
The name of the village, in his Latin form ‘Septimburias’ or seven cabins, was first mentioned in the late 8th century. In the life of Saint Trudo, the founder of the nearby city of Sint-Truiden, is noted how the holy boy held a regularly nocturnal pilgrimage to Saint-Genevieve of Paris, especially worshipped in Zepperen. The young Trudo met in Zepperen around 650 with the interim-bishop Remaclus to ask him for his advice concerning his vocation. In that period there was already a basilica in Zepperen, dedicated to Saint-Genevieve.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zepperen
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°50'25"N 5°15'35"E
- Hasselt 16 km
- Riemst (Municipality) 18 km
- Lummen (municipality) 25 km
- Diest (municipality) 30 km
- Tessenderlo (municipality) 33 km
- Laakdal 38 km
- Balen 43 km
- Bocholt (municipality) 46 km
- Kwaadmechelen 49 km
- Geel 52 km
- Play ground 1.6 km
- Play ground 1.7 km
- Salvator Mundi Church 4.4 km
- St. Agnes Beguinage 5 km
- Beguinage Church Saint Agnes 5.1 km
- Belgian Army Service Families Housing 5.3 km
- Sint-Truiden Abbey 5.7 km
- Church of Our Lady 5.8 km
- Town Hall 5.9 km
- Limburg Regional Airport 7.5 km