Saint Quintinus Church

Yes, the fifths gave the very beautiful church its name...

The Sint-Kwintenskerk in the Belgian district of Sint-Kwintens-Lennik is a church building in Brabant Gothic style. The church is dedicated to Saint Quintinus.

Construction history:
This sandstone church building has undergone a number of renovations. The nave with three naves contains Romanesque masonry (11th century?). The construction of the four-bay presbytery started around 1250. During the first half of the 17th century, the nave was rebuilt in Brabant Gothic style and rebuilt in 1863 by architect Félix Laureys after the fire that hit the eastern part of the church in 1858 and enlarged from five to six bays. The crossing tower from the middle of the 14th century also had to be rebuilt after the fire. The transept of five bays, dates from the first half of the 14th century.
Reverberation holes in the shape of a pointed arch and a 44 m high tower needle from 1867 provide a prominent silhouette. The cemetery and the surrounding wall have been preserved.

Paintings by Caspar de Crayer, including the Torture of Quintinus, a bas-relief with a Calvary group and statues of Our Lady, Quintinus, Saint Gertrude (14th century) and a popular Saint Roch (17th century? ) decorate the interior of the church.

Church treasures:
The painting "Self-giving" by Felix De Boeck hangs against the left wall of the choir. The art chapel contains valuable artifacts including three statues: Our Lady, Saint Gertrude and Saint Quinten, a Romanesque sculpture from around 1230 depicting the crucified Christ, and a Christ on the Cold Stone, a wooden statue from the 16th century . In the old cemetery, with a protected cemetery wall, next to the sacristy, are three identical crosses of Franciscus-Josephus De Gronckel, the inventor of the Pajottenland, his brother Vital Jean De Gronckel, painter and his wife Eva Eisele.