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Monastery of St John the Theologian, PatmosView toward the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (also called Monastery of Saint John the Divine) - a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 at Chora on the island of Patmos, Greece
Pistoia, Tuscany - Conservatorio di San Giovanni BattistaPistoia, Tuscany, Italy - View of the interior of the Conservatorio di San Giovanni Battista. Date: 1901
Palermo, Italy - Chiesa di S. Giovanni degli Eremili. The churchs origins date to the 6th century. After the Islamic conquest of Sicily, it was converted into a mosque
Italy - Venice Lagoon - San Lazzaro degli ArmeniItaly, Estuario, San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic congregation, since 1717
Casentino, Tuscany, Italy - La Chiesa di Camaldoli (Church of the Monastery of Camaldoli). Date: circa 1909
Monks at Dinner - Friday by Walter Dendy SadlerFriday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, the Abbot, monks and guests are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish. Now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Date: 1913
Naughty Nuns - 2Two naughty nuns, sworn to celibacy, find compensation
Spain. Galicia. Sobrado de los Monjes. Cloister of a SobradoSpain. Galicia. Sobrado de los Monjes. Sobrado Abbey. Founded in the 10th century by the Benedictines. In 1142 re-founded as a Cistercian Monastery. Cloister. Gallerie
Giotto di Bondone (1266 / 7-1337). Pope Innocent III approvingGothic Art. Italy. Giotto di Bondone (1266/7-1337). Italian painter and architect. Pope Innocent III approving the monastic rule of St. Francis of Assisi (1296). Fresco of the Upper Church of St
Gerard GrootGERARD GROOT (or GERARDUS MAGNUS) Flemish churchman, founder of a monastic establishment, depicted writing from a celestial revelation. Date: 1340 - 1384
St. George monastery of Homeyra, Homs, SyriaSt. George monastery of Homeyra lies in Wadi Al-Nassara. between Homs and Tripoli, only few minutes away from the Knights Castle (Krak des chevaliers)
Visoki Decani monastery - Decan, Kosovo - Serbian OrthodoxVisoki Decani, a major Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in Decan, Kosovo. The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of the Holy ApostlesThe Church of the Holy Apostles a 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. With the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks
Monk working on an illuminated manuscriptA medieval monk, sits at a desk surrounded by books as he works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: 1911
St Mary Peribleptos Monastery - IstanbulByzantine Church and Monastery of St Mary Peribleptos - Istanbul, Turkey (Sulu Manastir). A string in the foreground holds a row of drying fish
Monks Mending SandalsMonks from the Franciscan monastery of Gorheim, Germany. One mends his sandals with a hammer while another watches
Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery - founded by Saint HelenaStavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus - founded by Saint Helena (Saint Constantines mother) in around 327-329 AD - one of the oldest monasteries in the world. Date: circa 1930s
Netley Abbey - The Chapter HouseThe Chapter House, Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s
Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s
St. George Orthodox Monastery, Wadi Qelt, PalestineSt. George Orthodox Monastery (Choziba) - a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank, Palestine. The 6th century cliff-side complex, with its ancient chapel and gardens
The Angel appears to the Shepherds Book of HoursEarly Book of Hours printed in Paris for Germain Hardouyn: Heures, a l usage de Paris tout au long sans rien requerir, with printed text and images and ornaments illuminated by hand
View of Mtatsminda Mountain, Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of Russia). Also shows St. Davids Monastery on the hillside and the School of Saint Nino. Date: circa 1905
Round Tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Built of mica slate and granite, it is about 30 metres high, and was built as part of a medieval monastery founded by St Kevin. Date: circa 1960s
CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. Tower of the Franciscan Monastery
CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. View of the medieval neighborhood with the tower of the Franciscan Monastery
Israel. Jerusalem. Cathedral of Saint James, 12th century, headquarters of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Armenian Quarter. Exterior
Middle Ages. Monastic life. Episodes from the life of Saint Dominic. Miniature at Theologia Varia 14th and 15th centuries
San Millan de Suso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. SpaiSpain. La Rioja. San Millan de la Cogolla. Monastery of San Millan de Suso, built in different styles: Visigoth (6th-7th centuries), Romanesque (10th century) and Mozarab (11th century). Exterior
Spain. Aragon. Beranuy. Romanesque monastery of Santa Mari?a de Obarra. Central apse decorated with lombard arcs. Detail
Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Refectory. La RiojYuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Refectory. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain
Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Entrance to the chYuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Entrance to the church. San Millan de la Cogolla
Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. SpainYuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain
Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Lombard bell tower. CatalonBenedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard bell tower. Catalonia. Spain
Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda. Catalonia. SpainMonastery of Sant Pere de Roda (St Peter of Roses). Founded around the year 900. Benedictine monastery. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard style bell tower. Cap de Creus
Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Catalonia. SpainBenedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Scenery. Catalonia. Spain
Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace (Kyoung)Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace / Monastery (Kyoung) Date: circa 1910s
Pierre FourierPIERRE FOURIER de Mattaincourt French churchman, monastic founder and educator. Date: 1565 - 1640
Petrus De BackerePETRUS DE BACKERE Dutch Dominican poet and theologian, depicted wearing his monastic cowl. Date: 1517 - 1601
German Monastic SchoolA monastic school in medieval Germany. Date: circa 15th century
German Monastic CharityA German monk distributes soup to the poor at the door of his partly ruined monastery Date: early 19th century
Monks in Beer CellarGerman monks in their bier keller Date: 1869
Scholarly MonksThe monastic establishments were virtually the only repositories of learning during the Middle Ages. Date: medieval
Council of AnagniAt the Council of ANAGNI, Thomas Aquinas defends the monastic orders against an attack by Guillaume de Saint Amour, in the presence of pope Alexander IV Date: 1256
Monastery, Vallombrosa, Tuscany, Italy" SHOULD you be in Florence in the summer, visit Vallombrosa, one of the greatest natural curiosities in Tuscany, though Milton mentions only an ordinary circumstance
Chapel in St Benedicts, Subiciao, ItalyThe Monastery of St Benedicts is located South East of Rome. It enshrines the cave (Sacro Speco) in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he founded his first monastic community
Boy Novices at Santa Maria del Sasso, near Bibbiena, Italy Date: 1905
Santa Maria del Sasso, near Bibbiena, Italy Date: 1905
The Chapel of the Stigmata - St Francis of AssisiThe Chapel of the Stigmata - marking the spot on Mount Verna where St Francis of Assisi received the stigmata. Date: 1905