In 1187, four brothers from Walcourt settled at Oignies, Three of the brothers, Gilles, Robert and John, were priests, while the fourth, Hugo, was a jeweller and metalworker.
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A statue of the Virgin from medieval times is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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