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Caldey Island (called in Welsh
Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
, Ynys Byr, after an early abbot
Saint Pyr

Pyr was a Welsh people abbot of the 6th century who may later have been revered as a saint.He has been described as being "an unsuitable abbot and...one of those Celtic Christianity 'saints' who would never have been canonized by any formal process" ....
) lies south of Tenby
Tenby

Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay, and is a popular seaside holiday resort.Attractions in Tenby include four kilometres of sandy beaches, the 13th century medieval town walls including the Five Arches barbican gate, 15th-century St....
 in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

The island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
 is home to a small village, but is best known for its monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
. Caldey Island is separated from the mainland by the Caldey Sound which is 1km to 2km wide between Caldey Island and the coast of Pembrokeshire. A ferry service from Tenby
Tenby

Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay, and is a popular seaside holiday resort.Attractions in Tenby include four kilometres of sandy beaches, the 13th century medieval town walls including the Five Arches barbican gate, 15th-century St....
 crosses the sound during spring and summer.

Limestone was quarried here in the 19th century and taken to local lime kilns, some even going as far afield as the Annery kiln
Annery kiln

The former Annery lime kiln is situated just off the road from Bideford to Great Torrington, near Weare Giffard in the Torridge District of North Devon, England....
 on the Torridge in North Devon.

A Celtic monastery was founded on the island in the sixth century, and a Roman Catholic Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 foundation existed from 1136 until 1536, and an Anglican Benedictine
Order of St. Benedict (Anglican)

There are a number of Benedictine Anglican religious order, some of them using the name Order of St. Benedict . Just like their Roman Catholic counterparts, each abbey / priory / convent is independent of each other....
 one from 1906, founded by Aelred Carlyle
Aelred Carlyle

Aelred Carlyle was an Anglo-Catholic Order of St. Benedict monk in the Church of England. He founded the Church of England's first Benedictine monastery since the Reformation at Caldey Island....
.






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Caldey Island (called in Welsh
Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
, Ynys Byr, after an early abbot
Saint Pyr

Pyr was a Welsh people abbot of the 6th century who may later have been revered as a saint.He has been described as being "an unsuitable abbot and...one of those Celtic Christianity 'saints' who would never have been canonized by any formal process" ....
) lies south of Tenby
Tenby

Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay, and is a popular seaside holiday resort.Attractions in Tenby include four kilometres of sandy beaches, the 13th century medieval town walls including the Five Arches barbican gate, 15th-century St....
 in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

The island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
 is home to a small village, but is best known for its monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
. Caldey Island is separated from the mainland by the Caldey Sound which is 1km to 2km wide between Caldey Island and the coast of Pembrokeshire. A ferry service from Tenby
Tenby

Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay, and is a popular seaside holiday resort.Attractions in Tenby include four kilometres of sandy beaches, the 13th century medieval town walls including the Five Arches barbican gate, 15th-century St....
 crosses the sound during spring and summer.

Limestone was quarried here in the 19th century and taken to local lime kilns, some even going as far afield as the Annery kiln
Annery kiln

The former Annery lime kiln is situated just off the road from Bideford to Great Torrington, near Weare Giffard in the Torridge District of North Devon, England....
 on the Torridge in North Devon.

A Celtic monastery was founded on the island in the sixth century, and a Roman Catholic Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 foundation existed from 1136 until 1536, and an Anglican Benedictine
Order of St. Benedict (Anglican)

There are a number of Benedictine Anglican religious order, some of them using the name Order of St. Benedict . Just like their Roman Catholic counterparts, each abbey / priory / convent is independent of each other....
 one from 1906, founded by Aelred Carlyle
Aelred Carlyle

Aelred Carlyle was an Anglo-Catholic Order of St. Benedict monk in the Church of England. He founded the Church of England's first Benedictine monastery since the Reformation at Caldey Island....
. The present monastery is Reformed Cistercian
Cistercians

Image:Cistersian priests in Szczyrzyc monastery.JPGThe keynote of Cistercian life was a return to literal observance of the Rule of St Benedict. Rejecting the developments the Benedictines had undergone, the monks tried to reproduce life exactly as it had been in Benedict of Nursia time; indeed in various points they went beyond it in austerity....
.

Attractions on Caldey include a Norman
Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
 chapel, a twelfth century church, the sixth century Ogham
Ogham

Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to represent the Old Irish language, and occasionally the Brythonic languages ancestor of Welsh language....
 cross, the twentieth century Caldey Abbey taken over by Trappists
Trappists

The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance , or Trappists, are a contemplative Roman Catholic religious order , that follows the Rule of St....
 of the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 Chimay Abbey from the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
s who moved to Prinknash Abbey
Prinknash Abbey

Prinknash Abbey is a Catholic Church in England and Wales Benedictine monastery situated in the Vale of Gloucester in the Diocese of Clifton, near the village of Cranham, Gloucestershire....
. Caldey Lighthouse
Caldey Lighthouse

Caldey Lighthouse is located on Caldey Island, three miles off the south Pembrokeshire, Wales coastline, a small island inhabited by a Cistercian monastery....
 was built in 1828.

Boats sail to the island from Tenby during the summer months. The principal income for the island is tourism, with perfume and chocolate production providing winter incomes. The island also provides a spiritual retreat throughout the year.

There is a private guesthouse on the island as well as a fire engine, ambulance and an Coastguard team.

The island's name 'Caldey' comes from the Viking
Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
 name Keld-Eye meaning "cold island".

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