Abbeys & Monasteries
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Abbey of Saint Salvatore (ABBADIA S. SALVATORE)
ABBADIA S. SALVATORE - Benedictine abbey on the slopes of Monte Amiata, founded in 743; in 1230 it passed to the Cistercians, who held it… -
Abdinghof
ABDINGHOF. - Benedictine abbey at Paderborn in Westphalia, founded in 1015 by Bishop Meinwerk, who called Cluniac monks there, and… -
Alvastra (Alwastra, Alvastrum, Alvaster) (ALVASTRA (ALWASTRA, ALVASTRUM, ALVASTER[8]))
ALVASTRA (Alwastra, Alvastrum, Alvaster). - An ancient Cistercian abbey in Sweden, on the eastern shore of Lake Vätter, south of Vadstena,… -
Badia a Settimo
BADIA A SETTIMO. - The Abbey of S. Salvatore at S., near Florence, founded by Count Lotario of the Cadolingi in the transition between the… -
Badia of Saint Mary of Finalpia (FINALPIA, BADIA DI S. MARIA)
BADIA OF SAINT MARY OF FINALPIA. - In Liguria, founded by Marquis Biagio Galeotto del Cavretto in 1477, near the sanctuary that housed the… -
Belem, Santa Maria de (BELÉM, SANTA MARIA DE)
BELEM, Santa Maria de. - Portuguese Hieronymite monastery in Lisbon. It has beside it a large church and a famous cloister. On the whole it… -
Beuron
BEURON. - Archabbey of St. Martin (Hohenzollern, Germany). From 1077 it was a priory of Lateran Canons, which later became an abbey in 1687… -
Breme, Abbey of San Pietro di (BREME, ABBAZIA DI SAN PIETRO DI)
BREME, ABBEY OF SAN PIETRO DI. - Founded in 929 in the town of the same name (Bremetum, Bremitum or Bremidum) in the Lomellina (today the… -
Camaldoli
CAMALDOLI. - A famous hermitage situated almost at the summit of the Tusco-Romagnan Apennines, at 1111 m above sea level. Its name derives… -
Chiaravalle
CHIARAVALLE. - A place name recalling the great French abbey of Clara Vallis, Clairvaux (v.), and which was given to certain localities in… -
Clairvaux (Chiaravalle, Lat. Clara Vallis), Abbey of (CLAIRVAUX (CHIARAVALLE, LAT. CLARA VALLIS), ABBAZIA DI)
CLAIRVAUX (Chiaravalle, Lat. Clara Vallis), Abbey of. - The famous abbey of C. is indissolubly linked to the name and glory of its abbot… -
Clervaux (Clerf)
CLERVAUX (CLERF). - Benedictine abbey of Sts. Maurice and Maurus, in Luxembourg, erected in 1909 to succeed the abbey of St. Maurus of… -
Cluny
CLUNY - C. and its zone of influence (10th-20th centuries): 1) C. 2) The Quinque filiae. 3) Principal Cluniac centers. 4) Cluniac priories… -
Corbie
CORBIE. - Small town situated near the confluence of the Encre with the Somme, 15 km. from Amiens, in the department of the Somme, in… -
Dafni
DAFNI. - The monastery and church of D. are located 10 km from Athens on the road that led to Eleusis. The complex, dedicated to the… -
Downside
DOWNSIDE. - Monastery of St. Gregory of the Benedictine Order of the English Congregation, founded at Douai in 1605, from where the monks… -
Engelberg
ENGELBERG. - Benedictine abbey founded in 1120 in the upper valley of the Aa of the same name, at the foot of the Titlis in the canton of… -
Engeltal
ENGELTAL. - Ancient Dominican monastery in the diocese of Eichstätt (Bavaria). A group of Beguines led by a certain Adelaide founded this… -
Farfa, Abbey of (FARFA, BADIA DI)
FARFA, Abbey of. - Diocese of Sabina, province of Rieti, comune of Fara Sabina. The monastery is canonically united to that of St. Paul in… -
Fontavellana, Abbey of (FONTE AVELLANA)
FONTAVELLANA, ABBEY OF. - The hermitage of S. Croce di F. A. beneath Monte Carria (Marche) is described by Dante (Par., XXI). The date of… -
Fossanova Abbey (FOSSANOVA, ABBAZIA DI)
FOSSANOVA ABBEY. - In 1133 Innocent II granted a Benedictine monastery, on the southern edge of the Pontine marshes not far from Priverno… -
Gorze (Gorzia)
GORZE (GORZIA). - Town in Lorraine, 20 km southwest of Metz, with remains of a Roman aqueduct from the 4th century. It was a fortified… -
Göss
GÖSS. - Formerly an abbey of Benedictine nuns, situated near Leoben (Styria) and converted into a brewery in 1886. The foundation is owed… -
Göttweig
GÖTTWEIG. - Benedictine abbey, on a hill, called the Austrian "Gralsburg," in the diocese of St. Pölten, with a retreat house and 30… -
Grande Chartreuse, The (GRANDE CHARTREUSE, LA)
GRANDE CHARTREUSE, THE. - I. HISTORY. - In 1084, St. Bruno, together with six companions, among them Landuin, at the suggestion of St.… -
Groenendael (« Valle Verde »)
GROENENDAEL (« Valle verde »). - Monastery (Lat. Viridis vallis) located 8 km from Brussels, in the forest of Soignes. In 1304 it was a… -
Hautecombe (HAUTE-COMBE)
HAUTECOMBE. - The Cistercian abbey of H.-C., on the left bank of Lake Bourget (Savoy), founded in 1125 by Amadeus III of Savoy, served from… -
Heiligenkreuz
HEILIGENKREUZ. - Cistercian abbey in Lower Austria, in the diocese of Vienna; since 1880 it has been united with the abbey of Neukloster,… -
Heilsbronn, Monastery of (HEILSBROWN, MONACO DI)
HEILSBRONN, Monastery of. - Under this name a collection of ascetic works has been handed down, owed to an anonymous Cistercian monk of the… -
Helfta (Helpede)
HELFTA (HELPEDE). - Benedictine monastery (with Cistercian customs and habit), founded in 1258 near Eisleben (Saxony) by Gertrude of… -
Hersfeld
HERSFELD. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the province of Hessen-Nassau in Prussia. It was founded in 744 by Sturmius, a disciple of St.… -
Herzogenburg
HERZOGENBURG. — Abbey of the Lateran Canons Regular of St. Augustine, in Lower Austria, diocese of St. Pölten. It has charge of 16… -
Iona (IONA (HY))
IONA. - A small island west of Scotland, which, according to the Venerable Bede, King Brude of the Picts gave to the Irish St. Columba, who… -
Jasov (Hungarian Jászó) (JASOV (UNGHERESE JÁSZÓ))
JASOV (Hungarian Jászó). - Premonstratensian abbey in Slovakia. It was founded around 1220, and is today the only survivor of the several… -
Jumièges
JUMIÈGES. - Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, founded by St. Philibert in 654 on a plot of land granted on the banks of the Seine in the… -
Kastl
KASTL. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Eichstätt, founded in 1102 by the counts Berengar I of K.-Sulzbach and Frederick of… -
Klosterneuburg
KLOSTERNEUBURG. - Near Vienna (Austria), abbey of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Austrian Congregation, founded around 1106 by… -
Kremsmünster
KREMSMÜNSTER. - Benedictine abbey in Upper Austria (diocese of Linz), with 26 incorporated parishes, a gymnasium, an astronomical… -
La Chaise-Dieu (Casa Dei)
LA CHAISE-DIEU (Casa Dei). - A Benedictine abbey formerly in the diocese of Clermont, at present in that of Le Puy-en-Velay, in the… -
Lambach
LAMBACH. - Benedictine abbey in Upper Austria, in the diocese of Linz; it has 5 incorporated parishes, an agricultural and horticultural… -
Lérins
LÉRINS. - Cistercian abbey on a small island situated opposite Cannes in the department of the Alpes-Maritimes (France). Honoratus (d. ca.… -
Lilienfeld
LILIENFELD. - Cistercian abbey, in Lower Austria, diocese of St. Pölten; it has the care of 17 incorporated parishes. Leopold VI, Duke of… -
Lindisfarne
LINDISFARNE. - A small island in the North Sea, today called Holy Island. At the invitation of King Oswald, St. Aidan, a monk and later… -
Lorsch
LORSCH. - A famous Benedictine abbey, later briefly passed to the Cistercians and then to the Premonstratensians, in the diocese of Mainz,… -
Luxeuil, Abbey of (LUXEUIL, ABBAZIA DI)
LUXEUIL, Abbey of. - In the diocese of St-Cloud in the department of Haute-Savoie in France. L., an ancient Celtic village, was a spa in… -
Malmesbury
MALMESBURY. - Corrupted name of the Benedictine abbey of Maidulfsburg in Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 669 by Aldhelm, nephew of… -
Maredsous
MAREDSOUS. - Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Namur (Belgium), founded by the abbey of Beuron on territory donated by the Desclée… -
Maria Laach
MARIA LAACH. - Benedictine abbey located near Koblenz on the Rhine in Germany, founded in 1093 by the Count Palatine Henry II (d. 1095),… -
Mariazell
MARIAZELL. - The oldest Austrian sanctuary, situated in an enchanting site among the mountains of upper Styria (870 m), diocese of Seckau.… -
Metten (Latin Metemn) (METTEN (LAT. METEMN))
METTEN (Latin Metemn). - Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Regensburg (Bavaria), dedicated to St. Michael, founded in the years 765-70 on… -
Millstatt
MILLSTATT. - Former Benedictine abbey in Carinthia, diocese of Gurk, founded around 1020 by the brothers Arbo and Botho, Bavarian nobles,… -
Moissac
MOISSAC. - Benedictine abbey dedicated to St. Peter, situated at the confluence of the Tarn with the Garonne, founded around the middle of… -
Molesme
MOLESME. - Ancient abbey in the department of the Côte d'Or in France, formerly of the diocese of Langres, now of that of Dijon, founded in… -
Monte Cassino (MONTECASSINO)
MONTE CASSINO. - Abbey in southern Lazio, founded around 529 by St. Benedict of Nursia, on the ancient acropolis that stood on the… -
Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Abbey of (MONTEOLIVETO MAGGIORE, ABBAZIA DI)
MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE, ABBEY OF. - The archabbey of M. M. presents itself to the visitor in picturesque fashion, with a complex of brick… -
Montevergine, Abbey of (MONTEVERGINE, ABBAZIA DI)
MONTEVERGINE, ABBEY OF. - Historic sanctuary on Monte Partenio, at 1,270 m. above sea level, near Avellino. It was founded by St. William… -
Montmajour
MONTMAJOUR. - Benedictine abbey situated on the island of St-Pierre de M., to the north-east of Arles, surrounded by marshes which gave it… -
Mont Saint-Michel (SAINT-MICHEL, MONT)
MONT SAINT-MICHEL. - Ancient abbey in the department of the Manche (France), situated on a rocky islet that forms a granite hill; since… -
Most Holy Trinity Of Cava Dei Tirreni, Abbey Of (SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ DI CAVA DEI TIRRENI, BADIA DELLA)
MOST HOLY TRINITY OF CAVA DEI TIRRENI, Abbey Of. - Abbey nullius, immediately subject. Over an area of 180 sq km it comprises 21,000… -
Nonantola, Abbey Nullius Of (NONANTOLA, ABBAZIA NULLIUS DI)
NONANTOLA, ABBAZIA nullius di. - Founded in 751-52 in honor of the Sts. Apostles, to whose name that of St. Sylvester was added from 756,… -
Novalesa
NOVALESA. - Benedictine abbey erected in honor of Sts. Peter and Andrew by the Frankish Abbo in 726 on a charming hill between the Bar and… -
Optina Pustyn'
OPTINA PUSTYN'. - Russian monastery near Kozelsk, in the province of Kaluga. Its origins are uncertain and date back to the 14th-15th… -
Ossiach
OSSIACH. - Benedictine abbey, in Carinthia, on the lake of the same name, in the diocese of Gurk (formerly Salzburg), suppressed under… -
Ottobeuren
OTTOBEUREN. - Benedictine abbey near Memmingen in Bavaria. It was founded in 764 by Bl. Toto, who died around the year 815, and dedicated… -
Piona
PIONA. - Ancient abbey in the diocese of Como situated on a promontory almost at the mouth of the Adda. It was a Cluniac abbey in the 12th… -
Pomposa
POMPOSA. - It is a small center in the commune of Codigoro (Ferrara) belonging to the diocese of Comacchio (v.). Situated on the ancient… -
Reichenau
REICHENAU. - Called "Augia dives", an island on Lake Constance, joined to the mainland by a causeway; today it belongs to Baden. It was the… -
Reichersberg
REICHERSBERG. - Abbey of Canons Regular of St. Augustine, in the diocese first of Passau, now of Linz (Upper Austria), on the plain of the… -
Rein (Rein)
REIN (REIN). - Cistercian abbey, near Graz, in Styria, diocese of Seckau, formerly Salzburg. Daughter of Ebrach, of the line of Morimond,… -
Ripoll, Santa Maria di
RIPOLL, SANTA MARIA di. - Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Vich in Spain. The small town that grew up around the abbey is situated at… -
Sacra di San Michele (SAGRA DI SAN MICHELE)
SACRA DI SAN MICHELE. - Popular name of an ancient Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Susa, built on a spur (Monte Pirchiriano, 916 m) at… -
Saint Alban
SAINT ALBAN. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in Hertfordshire in England, not far from London. It was founded around 793 as an act of expiation… -
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire
SAINT-BENOÎT-SUR-LOIRE. - The Abbey of St-Benoît-sur-Loire at Fleury (from the ancient name of a villa, Floriacum, which had belonged to a… -
Saint Jerome, Abbey of (SAN GIROLAMO, ABBAZIA DI)
SAINT JEROME, ABBEY OF. - It was established in Rome by Pius XI, with the apostolic constitution Inter praecipuas of June 15, 1933. By… -
Saint-Riquier
SAINT-RIQUIER. - Ancient Benedictine abbey, near Abbeville in the diocese of Amiens (France), founded ca. 624-34 by St. Richarius, son of a… -
San Benedetto Po, Abbey of (SAN BENEDETTO POLIRONE)
SAN BENEDETTO PO, ABBEY OF. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the province and diocese of Mantua, in the village today called S. Benedetto Po.… -
San Fruttuoso
SAN FRUTTUOSO. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the village of the same name in the municipality of Camogli, in the province and archdiocese… -
San Galgano, Abbey of (SAN GALGANO, ABBAZIA DI)
SAN GALGANO, Abbey of. - Galgano Guidotti, a noble knight of Chiusdino, who became a hermit, withdrew in prayer to the hill of Montesiepi,… -
San Giovanni in Fiore
SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE. - Abbey founded in 1191 by Abbot Joachim who, having left the Cistercians (v. GIOACCHINO DA FIORE), withdrew first… -
San Salvatore di Messina
SAN SALVATORE DI MESSINA. - It is the most important of the Greek monasteries of southern Italy. It was founded "in lingua Phari" by Roger… -
Santa Maria d'Arabona
SANTA MARIA D'ARABONA. - The abbey of S. M. A. rises in the territory of Manoppello (Chieti), near a place where there was a temple… -
Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Greek Abbey of (SANTA MARIA DI GROTTAFERRATA, BADIA GRECA DI)
SANTA MARIA DI GROTTAFERRATA, GREEK ABBEY OF. - It rises among the Tusculan and Alban hills at the foot of Monte Cavo, about 18 km. from… -
Sant'Antimo
SANT'ANTIMO. - Ancient abbey 8 km. from the diocese of Montalcino, in the small valley of the Starcia stream, a tributary of the Orcia… -
Sassovivo
SASSOVIVO. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Foligno, from which it is 3 km away. The monk Mainardo and the counts Ugolino and… -
Seitenstetten
SEITENSTETTEN. - Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Sankt Pölten (Lower Austria). It was founded around 1100 as a house of Canons… -
Sénanque (SENANQUE)
SÉNANQUE. - A Cistercian abbey, formerly in the territory of the diocese of Cavaillon, today incorporated into that of Avignon in Provence.… -
Sesto al Reghena, Abbey of (SESTO AL RÉGHENA, ABBAZIA DI)
SESTO AL REGHENA, ABBEY OF. - S. al R. is a small town (3,500 inhabitants) in the province of Udine, in the diocese of Concordia, from… -
Silos
SILOS. - Spanish Benedictine monastery in the diocese and province of Burgos, dedicated first to St. Sebastian and later to the abbot St.… -
Silvacane (Sauvecanne)
SILVACANE (SAUVECANNE). - Ancient Cistercian abbey in the archdiocese of Aix in Provence. It was founded by Raymond de Baux in 1132-57; it… -
Solesmes, Abbey of Saint Peter of (SOLESMES, ABBAZIA DI SAN PIETRO DI)
SOLESMES, ABBEY OF SAINT PETER OF. - Monastery founded in 1010 in Maine (in France), by Geoffrey of Sablé, with the assistance of… -
Stams
STAMS. - Cistercian abbey, in the Inn valley, in the Tyrol, apostolic administration of Innsbruck, formerly diocese of Bressanone. The… -
St. Florian (SANKT FLORIAN)
ST. FLORIAN. - Abbey of the Lateran Canons Regular of the Austrian Congregation near Linz (Upper Austria). The abbey is situated on the… -
St. Lambrecht (SANKT LAMBRECHT)
ST. LAMBRECHT. - Benedictine abbey, in Upper Styria, in the diocese of Seckau. On the little church of St. Lambert Count Marquard of… -
St. Paul im Lavanttal (SANKT PAUL IM LAVANTTAL)
ST. PAUL IM LAVANTTAL. - Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Gurk, in Carinthia. On a hill overlooking the broad valley of the Lavant, at… -
St. Peter and Nonnberg (SANKT PETER E NONNBERG)
ST. PETER AND NONNBERG. - They are the two oldest Benedictine abbeys in the entire German territory, both founded by St. Rupert around… -
Strumi
STRUMI. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the Casentino, founded by Teugrimo or Teudegrimo, of the family of the Guidi, at the end of the 10th… -
Summaga
SUMMAGA. - Benedictine abbey, in the diocese of Concordia, from which it is 3 km. away; the Latin name "Summa aqua" is connected with the… -
Thoronet, Abbey of (THORONET, ABBAZIA DI LE)
THORONET, Abbey of. - Ancient Cistercian abbey in the diocese of Fréjus in the department of Var, in France. Raymond of St-Gilles summoned… -
Tongerloo
TONGERLOO. - Premonstratensian abbey near Antwerp in Belgium. It was founded in 1128 in honor of the B. Virgin, by Giselbert, with… -
Tournus
TOURNUS. - Formerly abbey of St. Valerian, later of St. Philibert, in the department of Saône-et-Loire in France, diocese of Autun. St.… -
Unterlinden
UNTERLINDEN. - Famous Dominican monastery at Colmar in Alsace, diocese of Basel (today Strasbourg), under the patronage of St. John the… -
Vadstena (WADSTENA)
VADSTENA. - Double monastery of St. Savior in the ancient diocese of Linköping in Östergötland in Sweden, founded in 1346 by St. Bridget… -
Valamo
VALAMO. - An archipelago composed of about 40 islands in the northern part of Lake Ladoga and, after Solovki (v.), the seat of the second… -
Vallombrosa
VALLOMBROSA. - Abbey of S. Maria Assunta of V., of the Vallombrosan Benedictine monks (v.). It is situated at about 1000 m. above sea level… -
Valvisciolo
VALVISCIOLO. - Monastery situated at the foot of Monte Corvino, almost halfway between Norma and Sermoneta in the diocese of Terracina,… -
Vendôme
VENDÔME. - The Benedictine abbey of the Most Holy Trinity of V., in the department of Loir-et-Cher in France, was founded in 1034 by… -
Vezzolano
VEZZOLANO. - Abbey of Canons Regular of St. Augustine, dedicated to the Most Holy Mary, in the diocese of Casale (Piedmont), in territory… -
Viktring
VIKTRING. - Former Cistercian abbey, in the diocese of Gurk (Klagenfurt), in Carinthia, Austria. The village of V. appears already in the… -
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (VILLENEUVE-LEZ-AVIGNON)
VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON. - Ancient Benedictine abbey in the diocese of Avignon. > (from H. A. Wilson, The Calendar of St. Willibrord from… -
Vincent of Volturno, Saint, Abbey of (VINCENZO AL VOLTURNO, SAN, ABBAZIA DI)
VINCENT OF VOLTURNO, SAINT, ABBEY OF. - Near the sources of the Volturno river, on a vast deserted plateau, 500 m. above sea level,… -
Vincent, Saint
VINCENT, SAINT. - Benedictine archabbey, in the diocese of Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The… -
Vivarium
VIVARIUM. - Monastery founded by Cassiodorus (v.), who had withdrawn from politics, on the ancestral property of V., near Squillace, a… -
Vorau
VORAU. - Monastery of Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Austrian Congregation, diocese of Seckau (Graz) in eastern Styria. Situated… -
Weingarten
WEINGARTEN. - Benedictine abbey in Württemberg. It is the ancient "Monasterium Vinearum" or "ad Vineas, prope Altdeffium." It was founded… -
Wettingen-Mehrerau
WETTINGEN-MEHRERAU. - A "nullius" abbey, under the title of the B. Virgin Mary Maris Stella, in Switzerland, in the Canton of Aargau. Since… -
Wilhering
WILHERING. - Cistercian abbey on the Danube, in the diocese of Linz (Austria). It was a daughter house of Reun, of the line of Morimond.… -
Wilten
WILTEN. - Abbey of Premonstratensian Canons, near Innsbruck, in Austrian Tyrol, formerly under the diocese of Bressanone. On the site of… -
Zirc (Nova Clara Vallis)
ZIRC (Nova Clara Vallis). - Abbey of the Cistercian Order in the diocese of Veszprém in Hungary, the only one remaining of the 18 Hungarian… -
Zobor
ZOBOR. - Monastic center of Slovakia, on the mountain of the same name, near Nitra. Over the course of the centuries, monastic life on the… -
Zwettl
ZWETTL. - Cistercian abbey in the diocese of St. Pölten (S. Ippolito), in Lower Austria. A daughter house of Heiligenkreuz (v.), of the…