St. Peter's Chapel
God's revenge
After they destroyed Antwerp and Mechelen in 836, a Danish Viking army sailed to Lier. They broke into St. Peter's Chapel and murdered Fredegerus the priest on the altar.
This is illustrated in the 17th-century painting that hangs in the chapel.
Legend has it that the Vikings were horrifically punished through the divine intervention of Lier's Patron Saint St. Gummarus. King Ragnar went blind and King Rolf lost his intestines.
All the bells were ringing when the looting soldiers left Lier with their ill-gotten gains. As they fled, the panicking Vikings could be heard screaming, "God's revenge, God's revenge!".
Every year on Thursday before St. Andrew's Day (30 November) at 7 pm all the church bells of Lier toll in remembrance of this event.