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Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. King Edwin built a small church here c. 630. St. Hilda founded a monastery in 656. The present ruined Norman Abbey was built circa 1222. Date: founded circa 656
Saint Brigid of IrelandSaint Brigid (Bride, Bridget) of Ireland (or of Kildare, or Mary of the Gael), one of Ireland's patron saints
The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (17th c.). Oil on canvas
Wroxton Abbey is a modernised, 17th century Jacobean manor house built on the foundations of a 13th century Augustinian priory
Carthusian monks process to matins at 2 amCarthusian monks in cowls and habits process to matins at 2 am
Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus: mosaic, Jacob wrestling with an angel, Genesis 32 and Hosea 12 Date: 2011
Monks Copying ManuscriptMonastic copyists replicating manuscripts in the scriptorium of their monastery
St Bernard of ClairvauxSAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX French religious who established the monastery at Clairvaux
Romania - Iasi - Various viewsScenes from Iasi, Romania, including the Royal Court of Moldavia (bottom left), a general view over the town
Ascension Cathedral, near Omsk, RussiaView of the Ascension Cathedral, with belfry on the left, 55km south of the city of Omsk, Siberia, Russia. It belongs to the Achairsky Monastery, which was founded in 1905
Saint DavidSAINT DAVID (DEWI SANT) Patron saint of Wales who founded a monastery in the area of Pembrokeshire now named after him. His feast day is 1st March
Monk Wine Cellar 14 CentA conscientious monk tastes the monastery wine to make sure it is ageing well and keeping in good condition, a duty which must be performed from time to time
Hedwig of SilesiaSAINT HEDWIG (or JADWIGA) at age 12 marries herzog Heinrich von Schlesien, and at his death enters the Cister- -cian monastery they founded. She performs many miracles
Margram Abbey ChurchMargram Abbey church, near Port Talbot, Wales, a Cistercian monastery, founded by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, dedicated to St. Mary. The two towers were added later. Date: founded 1147
Market place, Stuttgart, Germany19th century vintage photograph - market place, Stuttgart, Germany
GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Christ Pantocrator inside the dome (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic
Joseph Lyne (Ignatius)JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE known as Father Ignatius controversial Welsh churchman, founded monastery at Llanthony, believed in flat earth, etc. Date: 1837 - 1908
Mount Athos, Greece - Holy Monastery of IvironHoly Monastery of Iviron or Iveron, an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. Date: circa 1910s
Dom Perignon, French monk known for wine-makingDom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne
Saint Hyacinth carrying an image of the VirginHyacinth, Silesian saint who escaped from the flames of Kiev during an attack on a monastery by the Tartars because he was carrying an image of the Virgin. His feast day is 17 August
Mariannhill Monastery, Natal Province, South AfricaEntrance gatehouse of Mariannhill Monastery, originally a Trappist settlement near Pinetown, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1920
Carthusian MonksCarthusian monks of the tranquil monastery of La Valsainte, Switzerland, drinking from the village well, oblivious of World War Two. Date: early 1940s
Buckfast Abbey, north view, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Saint Barbara, c. 1470, by Master of the Statues of KoudewatMaster of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Statue of Saint Barbara, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). Noble French, companion in the military campaign of Joan of Arc. Fighting in a city square. Illustration in Le Jouvencel (1461-1466) Folio 155 r
Abbeville, France - Abbey of Saint Riquier founded in 799 Date: circa 1850s
Romania - Curtea de Arges MonasteryThe Cathedral of Curtea de Arges - a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Curtea de ArgeE, Romania. It is located on the grounds of the Curtea de Arges Monastery Date: circa 1920s
Caldey Island, Wales - The MonasteryCaldey Island, Wales off the southwest coast near Tenby - The Cistercian Monastery. Date: circa 1930s
Trier, Germany - St Matthias AbbeyGermany - Trier. The oldest City in Germany - St Matthias Abbey Date: 1909
Palestine - The Great Lavra of St. SabasThe Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba - a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the West Bank (east of Bethlehem)
CROMWELLs ARCHCromwells Arch, Bovey Tracey, Devon. England, is all that remains of a monastery which stood on the site and and was finally demolished in 1822. Date: medieval
Fort Augustus TowerThe Clock Tower of the Monastery of Fort Augustus, near Loch Ness, Inverness- shire, Scotland. Built c. 1870, it was raised to the dignity of an Abbey in 1882. Date: built circa 1870
U Monk in Wine CellarU A conscientious monk tastes the monastery wine to make sure it is ageing well and keeping in good condition, a duty which must be performed
Wedding of Edward and Eleonor of Castile, 1254Wedding of 14-year-old Prince Edward (later King Edward I of England) and 11-year-old Eleonor of Castile at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, 1254
Masonic CharityThe duc de Chartres, Grand Master, holds a Masonic banquet for charity inside a Benedictine monastery Date: 1776
Saint James the Great (1st century-44). Statue. Facade ofSaint James the Great (1st century-44). Apostle and martyr. Baroque statue. Facade of Monastery of Saint John of Poyo. Galice. Spain
Contract of sale. The clergyman Bruno sell to Sentefred several lands. Parchment with visigothic writing. 815. From Sant Pere de Codinet Monastery. Chapter Archive. Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain
BASSA, Ferrer (1290-1348). Frescoes of the St Michael Chapel: Scenes of the Joys of Virgin Mary. 1343. SPAIN. Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes
Throwing snowballsA group of cheeky monks, step outside of their monastery to throw snowballs and unsuspecting passers-by
The Abbess visited by Death. Series The DanceThe Abbess visited by Death. Facsimile of an engraving, belonging to the series The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger, in Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort, 1538
Benedictine monastery of Vezelay, in Burgundy, France. The monk Baudillon brought relics of Mary Magdalene from Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume to Vezelay
The French Cistercian monk Saint Bernard (1090-1153) takes possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, together with the monks of the Abbey of Citeaux, in 1115
Paris, France. Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory. Refectory. 13th century. Engraving. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877
Italy. Certosa di Pavia. Small Cloister. Engraving by Bertrand and Huyot. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877
The clergy solemnly come with the cross and holy images before a lord at the door of a church or monastery. Facsimile by Huyot and J. Petot after a 14th-century illustration
Foundation of the secular abbeys of Mons, Maubeuge and Nivelles. The canonesses gathered in Nivelles, where Walcaud, bishop of Liege (810-832), urges them to adopt a Rule
France. Abbey of Saint-Riquier (Abbey of Saint-Richarius). Founded by Saint Richarius circa 625
France. Facade of the church of St Mary Magdalene in Vezelay, from which Bernard of Clairvaux preached for the Second Crusade (1147-1149) during Holy Week 1146
Paris, France. Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Founded in the 6th century by the Frankish King Childebert I (497-558). View of the East side of the abbey as it stood in 1361
Saint Catherine's Monastery, at the foot of MountSaint Catherine's Monastery. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai. Engraving by Ransonnette
Siege of Barcelona in 1472. Carried out byIberian Peninsula. Catalan Civil War (1462-1472)
During the wedding feast of James II (1267-1327)James II of Aragon, so-called the Just (1267-1327). King of Aragon, Valencia and Count of Barcelona (1291-1327), King of Sicily (1285-1296), King of Majorca (1291-1295) and Sardinia (1324-1327)
Byzantine art: mosaics, filigree enamels and embroidery
Arch vault in the church of Saint Mary above Minerva, RomeDecorated brick arch vault in the monastery courtyard in the church of Saint Mary above Minerva, 16th century, Rome. Rom. Sta Maria sopra Minerva. Gurtbogen im Klosterhof, XVI Jahrh
Baroque ceiling, Monastery of the Penitenzieri, 16th centuryBaroque ceiling in the Monastery of the Penitenzieri, Rome, 16th century. Rom: Decke im Kloster der Penitenzieri XVI Jahrh. Chromolithograph by L
Decorated vault, Monastery of the Penitenzieri, 16th centuryDecorated vault in the Monastery of the Penitenzieri, Rome, Italy, 16th century. Gewolbe-Decoration im Kloster der Penitenzieri, XVI Jahrh, Rom. Chromolithograph by L
Ceiling in the Monastery of the Penitenzieri, 16th centuryFrieze and ceiling in the Monastery of the Penitenzieri, Rome, 16th century. Fries und Decke im Kloster der Penitenzieri, Rom, XVI Jahrh. Chromolithograph directed by Prof
Courtyard of a monastery, Rome, 17th centuryCourtyard of a monastery near Saint Mary above Minerva, Rome, 17th century. Cour du monastere pres de Sta Maria sopra Minerva, Rom, XVII Jahrh. Chromolithograph by A
View of the holy mountain Mount Athos in Greece, 1815View of Mount Athos in Greece. Known as the Holy Mountain, Agios Oros, for its Eastern Orthodox monasteries Ansicht des Berges Athos
View and plan of Toledo, circa 1610-1614, by El GrecoEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614). Spanish painter born in Crete. View and plan of Toledo. Oil on canvas, circa 1610-1614. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain
View and plan of Toledo, circa 1610-1614, by El GrecoEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614). Spanish painter born in Crete. View and plan of Toledo. Oil on canvas, circa 1610-1614. Detail. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain
Spain. Monastery of Santa Maria Real de Las HuelgasSpain. Castile. Monastery of Santa Maria Real de Las Huelgas. Cistercian feminine monastery, near Burgos. Cloister. Engraving. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852
Spain, Burgos province, Castrillo del Val. Monastery of San Pedro de Cardena. Founded by the Benedictine friars. Processional cloister. Engraving. Historia General de Espana by padre Mariana
Capuchins in the choir singing vespers. Engraving, 1898Capuchins in the choir singing vespers. Choir of the convent of the Capuchins at Via Veneto in Rome. Engraving after a painting by Ricardo Navarrete. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898
Barcelona - Royal Monastery of St. Mary of PedralbesSpain, Catalonia, Barcelona. Royal Monastery of St. Mary of Pedralbes, founded by Queen Elisenda of Montcada in 1327. The cloister has three floors. It is formed by wide arches on columns
Spain, Catalonia, Vimbodi. Poblet Monastery. ChapterhouseSpain, Catalonia, Tarragona province, Vimbodi. Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet. The construction of the monastery began in the 12th century. Chapterhouse, 13th century
Spain, Catalonia, Aiguamurcia. Monastery of Santes CreusSpain, Catalonia, Tarragona province, Aiguamurcia. Monastery of Santes Creus. Former Cistercian monastery
Spain, Catalonia, Vimbodi. Poblet MonasterySpain, Catalonia, Tarragona province, Vimbodi. Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet
Spain, Catalonia, Aiguamurcia - Monastery of Santes CreusSpain, Catalonia, Tarragona province, Aiguamurcia. Monastery of Santes Creus. Former Cistercian monastery
Russia, Saint Petersburg. Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, on the left bank of the River Neva. Engraving by Lemaitre and Ales. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870)
Russia. Moscow. The Ascension Convent. EngravingRussia. Moscow. The Ascension Convent. Founded by Grand Princess Eudokia, the wife of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. It was built near the Spasskaya tower of the Moscow Kremlin
Russia, Moscow. Assumption Monastery. Interior view. Engraving by Lemaitre and Traversier. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839
Trinity Monastery. Interior view. Russian Orthodox ChurchRussia. Trinity Monastery. Interior view. Russian Orthodox Church. Engraving by Lemaitre, Cadolle and Formstecher. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870)
Sergiyev Posad (Zagorsk). Trinity Lavra of St. SergiusRussia. Sergiyev Posad (ancient Zagorsk). Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. Important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. Engraving by Lemaitre and Cadolle
Capital with harpies, Monastery, Santa Catalina of MontefaroCapital with harpies (lion-headed bird). From the Monastery of Santa Catalina of Montefaro, 14th century (1370). La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain
Acroterion with fleury cross on wild boar of Andrade lineageAcroterion with a fleury cross on a wild boar of the Andrade lineage. From the Monastery of Santa Catalina de Montefaro, 14th century (1380). La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain
Spain, Andalusia, Granada. Saint John of God Hospital. It was founded by John of God (1495-1550) on ground ceded by monks of the Royal Monastery of Saint Jerome. The hospital was finished in 1544
Spain, Galicia, Ourense province, Celanova. Chapel of San Miguel de Celanova. Founded by Froila and built in 940, in the gardens of Celanova monastery (Monastery of San Salvador)
Spain, Soria. Cloister of San Juan de DueroSpain, Soria. Romanesque architecture. San Juan de Duero. Cloister. 13th century. It contains elements of Romanesque, Gothic, Mudejar style and oriental influences
Spain, Burgos. Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas Abbey. The building was originally a summer palace of the Castilian kings. It was transformed into a Cistercian convent in 1187 by Alfonso VIII
Avila - Cloister of the Monarchs - Monastery of Santo TomasSpain, Avila. The Cloister of the Monarchs, in the Monastery of Santo Tomas, where the Agricultural Exhibition was held. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Rico
Spain, Avila. Main facade of the Church and Convent of Santa Teresa. Built on the site of the house where Santa Teresa de Jesus was born. Drawing by Nao. Engraving by Rico
Portugal, Lisbon. Monastery of Sao Vicente de For aPortugal, Lisbon. Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora (Saint Vincent Outside the Walls)