1124

The chapel of Our Lady acquires the status of parish church.

For more than a thousand years now, Antwerp Catholics have honored and revered Our Lady, who is the patroness of both Antwerp and the Cathedral. Where the Cathedral now stands, there was a small chapel of Our Lady from the ninth to the twelfth century, which acquired the status of parish church in 1124. During the course of the twelfth century, it was replaced by a larger Romanesque church. From wall and foundation remains, it appears that this church was 80 meters long and 42 meters wide, and must have looked something like St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne.