Collegiate Church of Saint George and Saint Ode

The Collegiate Church of Saint George and Saint Ode (French: Collégiale Saint-Georges-et-Sainte-Ode) stands in Amay in the Belgian province of Liège. Its history goes back to the 6th century. Today it serves as a Catholic parish church but still bears its historical name. The building has been a listed monument since 1933 and is part of the exceptional heritage of Wallonia.

The first church was built over the remains of a Roman building, and Saint Ode is regarded as its founder. The church is first mentioned in 634 and became a collegiate church in the 10th century. Between the late 11th and mid-12th centuries it was largely rebuilt. The two side towers of the westwork are the main survivors of this Romanesque period. The central section was raised in the 16th century, and the spires were added in the 17th. In the 18th century the church gained its present interior with stuccoed ceilings, without entirely losing its Romanesque proportions.

Its most important treasure is the sarcophagus of Chrodoara from the 8th century, discovered during excavations in the 1970s. Most scholars identify Chrodoara with Saint Ode, although this cannot be proven. The church treasure also includes a reliquary from the mid-13th century, a major work of Mosan goldsmithing. The cloister to the east of the church houses a museum of archaeology and religious art.