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The Norbertines, also known as the Premonstratensians (OPraem) and in Britain
United Kingdom

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 and Ireland
Ireland

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 as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), are a Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 religious order
Religious order

A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice....
 of canons regular
Canons Regular

Canons regular are members of certain bodies of Canon living in community under the Augustinians#The Augustinian Rule , and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty....
 founded at Prémontré
Prémontré

Pr?montr? is a Communes of the Aisne department in the Aisne Departments of France in Picardie in northern France.The remains of Pr?montr? Abbey, the mother house of the Premonstratensian Order, are located in Pr?montr?....
 near Laon
Laon

Laon is a city in Picardie in northern France, capital of the Aisne Departments of France....
 in 1120 by Saint Norbert
Norbert of Xanten

Saint Norbert of Xanten is a Christian saint and founder of the Norbertine or Premonstratensian order of canons regular.Life and work ...
, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg.






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The Norbertines, also known as the Premonstratensians (OPraem) and in Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), are a Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 religious order
Religious order

A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice....
 of canons regular
Canons Regular

Canons regular are members of certain bodies of Canon living in community under the Augustinians#The Augustinian Rule , and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty....
 founded at Prémontré
Prémontré

Pr?montr? is a Communes of the Aisne department in the Aisne Departments of France in Picardie in northern France.The remains of Pr?montr? Abbey, the mother house of the Premonstratensian Order, are located in Pr?montr?....
 near Laon
Laon

Laon is a city in Picardie in northern France, capital of the Aisne Departments of France....
 in 1120 by Saint Norbert
Norbert of Xanten

Saint Norbert of Xanten is a Christian saint and founder of the Norbertine or Premonstratensian order of canons regular.Life and work ...
, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg. Premonstratensians are designated by O Praem following their name.

Saint Norbert had made various efforts to introduce a strict form of canonical life in various communities of canons in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
; in 1120 he was working in the now-exinct Diocese of Laon, in the Picardie
Picardie

This article is about the modern French region. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France of France. It is located in the northern part of France....
 region of northeastern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. There, in a rural place, called Prémontré, he and thirteen companions established a monastery to be the cradle of a new order. As they were canons regular, they followed the Rule of St. Augustine, but with supplementary statutes that made their life one of great austerity. Norbert was a friend of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order....
 and so was largely influenced by the Cistercian ideals as to both the manner of life and the government of his order. As the Premonstratensians are not monk
Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
s but canons regular
Canons Regular

Canons regular are members of certain bodies of Canon living in community under the Augustinians#The Augustinian Rule , and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty....
, their work often involves preaching and the exercising of pastoral ministry; they frequently serve in parishes close to their abbeys or priories.

History

The Order was founded in 1120. In 1126, when it received papal approbation
Approbation

Approbation is, in Roman Catholic canon law, an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry....
 by Pope Honorius II
Pope Honorius II

Pope Honorius II , born Lamberto Scannabecchi , was pope from December 21, 1124, to February 13, 1130.Lamberto came from a simple rural background at Fiagnano Castle, near Imola in present day Italy....
, there were nine houses; others were established in quick succession throughout western Europe, so that at the middle of the fourteenth century there were some 1,300 monasteries for men and 400 for women. The Norbertines played a predominant part in the conversion of the Wends
Wends

The term Wends or Wendish is used in Germanic languages for Slavs living near or within Germanic peoples settlement areas after the migration period....
 and the bringing of Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 to the territories around the Elbe
Elbe

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
 and the Oder rivers. In time mitigations and relaxations emerged, and these gave rise to reforms and semi-independent congregations within the Order. The Norbertines came to England about 1143, first at Newhouse in Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of around 101,000 - the 2001 census gave the entire urban area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, and before the dissolution under Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

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 there were 35 houses. Soon after their arrival in England, they founded Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scotland Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham and Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland....
 in the Borders area of Scotland
Scotland

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, which was followed by other communities at Whithorn Priory
Whithorn Priory

Whithorn Priory is located in Wigtownshire, Galloway. It was founded about the middle of the twelfth century, in the reign of David I of Scotland, by Fergus of Galloway, Lords of Galloway, with Gille Aldan, Bishop of Galloway, for Premonstratensian Canons, referred colloquially in Britain as the White Canons....
, Dercongal Abbey
Dercongal Abbey

Dercongal Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastic community located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The date of its foundation is not known, but it was certainly in existence as a Premonstratensian monastic community by 1225....
 and Tongland Abbey
Tongland Abbey

Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastic community located in Galloway. It was probably founded in 1218 by Alan, Lord of Galloway, although the church of Tongland had previously been granted to Dercongal Abbey by his grandfather Uchtred, Lord of Galloway in the early 1160s....
 all in the Borders area, as well as Fearn Abbey
Fearn Abbey

Fearn Abbey - known as "The Lamp of the North" - has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-Reformation church buildings. Part of the Church of Scotland and located to the southeast of Tain, Ross-shire, it is now a parish church ....
 in the northern part of the nation.

By the beginning of the nineteenth century the order had become almost extinct, only eight houses surviving, all in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
. However, there was something of a resurgence, and at the start of the twentieth century there were 20 monasteries and 1,000 priests. , the number of monasteries had increased to nearly 100 and spread to every continent. In the twenty-first century, like all Canons Regular
Canons Regular

Canons regular are members of certain bodies of Canon living in community under the Augustinians#The Augustinian Rule , and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty....
 they follow the Augustinian Rule. According to the Premonstratentian website, there are some 1,000 male and 200 female members of the Order.

Canonesses

The Order has several abbeys (usually called convents) of women who, though technically called canonesses, are more commonly termed Norbertine Sisters. Like the Norbertine communities for men, those for women are autonomous. Unusually, within the religious communities of the Catholic Church, the Norbertine Order has always seen the spiritual life of the sisters as being on an equal footing with that of its priests and brothers. In the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

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 the Premonstratentians even had a few commmunities where men and women lived in abbeys located next to each other, the communities demonstrating their unity by sharing the church building. Today, it is common for a foundation of canonesses to have links not only with other canonesses, but also a community of canons.

Structure

As each abbey or priory is autonomous, practices and apostolates differ; some are contemplative in character whilst others are highly active in pastoral ministry. However, each is guided by the Rule of Saint Augustine as well as the Constitutions established by the General Chapter which is held every 6 years. Demonstrating Norbertine unity, the general Chapter includes representatives from both male and female communities. The head of the Order, termed Abbot
Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery....
 General, resides in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, and he is assisted in his duties by the Definitors (High Council) as well as commissions established for various aspects of the Order's life such as Liturgy and inter-abbey communications.

As of 2008, there were Premonstratensian abbeys or priories throughout the world: Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, Belgium
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....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, Canada
Canada

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, Chile
Chile

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, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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, Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Ireland
Ireland

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, Italy
Italy

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, Netherlands
Netherlands

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, Peru
Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Poland
Poland

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, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, South Africa
South Africa

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, Spain
Spain

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, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and USA.

Famous Premonstratensians

  • Pope Gregory VIII
    Pope Gregory VIII

    Pope Gregory VIII , born Alberto di Morra, was Pope from October 25, 1187 until his death....
     is the only Premonstratensian Pope
  • Robert J. Cornell (1919-), Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     U.S. Congressman
    United States Congress

    The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
     from Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
     from 1975-1979 and professor of political science
    Political science

    Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
     at St. Norbert College
    St. Norbert College

    St. Norbert College is a private Roman Catholic Church liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin, Wisconsin . St. Norbert College was founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator, and named after Saint Norbert of Xanten....
    .
  • Astrik L. Gabriel (1907-2005), director of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame
    University of Notre Dame

    The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....
     from 1952 to 1975.
  • Johann Zahn
    Johann Zahn

    Johann Zahn was the seventeenth century Germany author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium . This work contains many descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches of both the camera obscura and magic lantern, along with various other lanterns, Photographic slide, projection types, and peepshow....
     (1631-1707), German
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     canon
    Canon (priest)

    A canon is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christianity clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule .Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergyhouse or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct or close of a cathedral and ordering his life according to the orders or rules of the church....
     who wrote on the camera obscura
    Camera obscura

    The camera obscura is an optical device used, for example, in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography....
     and who invented an early camera
    Camera

    A camera is a device that records images, either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies. The term comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism of projecting images where an entire room functioned as a real-time imaging system; the modern camera evolved from the camera obscura....
    .
  • Werenfried van Straaten
    Werenfried van Straaten

    Father Werenfried van Straaten O.Praem. who came to be known as the "Bacon Priest", was a Roman Catholic Church priest known for his humanitarian work, particularly as founder of the international Catholic association Aid to the Church in Need....
     (1913 - 2003), known for his humanitarian work, particularly as founder of the international Catholic association Aid to the Church in Need
    Aid to the Church in Need

    Aid to the Church in Need describes itself as "an international pastoral aid organization of the Roman Catholic Church, which yearly offers financial support to more than 8,000 projects worldwide....
    .
  • Brendan Smyth
    Brendan Smyth

    Brendan Smyth was a notorious child sexual abuse who used his position as a Roman Catholic Church priest to obtain access to his victims. During a period of over 40 years, Smyth systematically raped hundreds of children in parishes in Belfast, Dublin and the United States....
    , Irish priest


Abbeys founded by the Premonstratensians


Austria

  • Geras Abbey
    Geras Abbey

    Geras Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Geras, Austria in Lower Austria. Since 1783 it has also owned the premises of the former Pernegg Abbey nearby....
    , Austria
  • Stift Schlägl Austria
  • Wilten Abbey, Austria


Belgium

  • Averbode Abbey
    Averbode Abbey

    Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery situated near Diest in the Archdiocese of Mechelen in Belgium....
    , Belgium
  • Cornillon Abbey
    Cornillon Abbey

    Cornillon Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery which occupied a site close to Li?ge in Belgium. In 1288 the abbey having moved to a new location, it became known as Beaurepart Abbey....
    , Belgium
  • Floreffe Abbey
    Floreffe Abbey

    Floreffe Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery, the second of the order to be founded, situated on the Sambre, about seven miles southwest of Namur , Belgium....
    , Belgium
  • Grimbergen Abbey
    Grimbergen Abbey

    Grimbergen Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons....
    , Belgium
  • Heylissem Abbey, Belgium
  • Parc Abbey, Belgium
  • Postel Abbey
    Postel Abbey

    Postel Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in the Belgium municipality of Mol ....
    , Belgium
  • Tongerlo Abbey
    Tongerlo Abbey

    Tongerlo Abbey is a Premonstratensian or Norbertine monastery at Tongerlo in Westerlo near Antwerp, Belgium....
    , Belgium


Cyprus

  • Bellapais Abbey, Cyprus


Czech Republic

  • Chotešov Abbey
    Chotešov Abbey

    Chote?ov Abbey is a former Premonstratensian nunnery in Chote?ov, about 18 kilometres southwest of Pilsen in the Plzen Region of the Czech Republic....
    , Czech Republic
  • Strahov Abbey, Czech Republic
  • Teplá Abbey
    Teplá Abbey

    Tepl? Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia, included in the Archdiocese of Prague; it was founded in 1193 by the Beatification Hroznata, a Bohemian nobleman ....
    , Czech Republic


Denmark

  • Børglum Abbey
    Børglum Abbey

    B?rglum Abbey was an important Premonstratensian abbey of medieval Denmark, located in B?rglum parish, in the commune of Hj?rring, approximately five kilometers east of L?kken-Vr? in north central Jutland ....
     north central Jutland


France

  • Ardenne Abbey
    Ardenne Abbey

    Ardenne Abbey, or "l'Abbaye d'Ardenne", is the site of a Premonstratensian monastery in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France containing a chapel built in 1121 and other medieval buildings....
  • Moncel Abbey
  • Pont-à-Mousson
    Pont-à-Mousson

    Pont-?-Mousson is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France.Population : 14,592 . It is an industrial town , situated on the Moselle River....
     Abbey
  • Prémontré Abbey
    Prémontré Abbey

    Pr?montr? Abbey was the mother house of the Premonstratensian Order and was located at Pr?montr? about twelve miles west of Laon, d?partement of Aisne, France....


Germany

  • All Saints' Abbey
    All Saints' Abbey (Baden-Württemberg)

    All Saints' Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the Black Forest in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
    , Germany
  • Lorsch Abbey
    Lorsch Abbey

    The Imperial Abbey of Lorsch , in Lorsch, about 10 km east of Worms, Germany, was one of the most renowned monasteries of the Carolingian Empire....
    , Germany
  • Obermarchtal Abbey, Germany
  • Pöhlde Abbey
    Pöhlde Abbey

    P?hlde Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery at P?hlde, now a small village and part of the town of Herzberg am Harz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
    , Germany
  • Schussenried Abbey
    Schussenried Abbey

    Schussenried Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
    , Germany
  • Steingaden Abbey
    Steingaden Abbey

    Steingaden Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Steingaden in Bavaria, Germany....
    , Germany
  • Rot an der Rot Abbey
    Rot an der Rot Abbey

    Rot an der Rot Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It was the first Premonstratensian monastery in the whole of Swabia....
    , Germany
  • Weissenau Abbey
    Weissenau Abbey

    Weissenau Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Upper Swabia, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. The site was originally called Au , then Minderau , and finally Weissenau , and is now in Eschach, a part of Ravensburg....
    , Germany


Ireland

  • Annaghdown Abbey
    Annaghdown Abbey

    Now known simply as Annaghdown Abbey, the Abbey of St Mary de Portu Patrum is a ruined monastery in the Galway, Republic of Ireland townland of Annaghdown....
    , Ireland
  • Ballineval Abbey, Ireland
  • Druim la Croix (White Abbey), Ireland
  • Holy Trinity Abbey, Ireland
  • Abbeytown Abbey, Ireland
  • Lough Key Abbey, Ireland
  • Tuam Abbey, Ireland


Slovakia

  • Jasov Klastor, Slovakia


Spain

  • Monastery of Santa María de los Huertos, (Segovia), Spain
  • Monastery of Santa María La Real, Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia), Spain


The UK


In England
  • Alnwick Abbey
    Alnwick Abbey

    Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace FitzJohn near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire....
    , England
  • Barlings Abbey
    Barlings Abbey

    Barlings Abbey, Lincolnshire, was a Premonstratensian monastery in England, founded in 1154....
    , England
  • Bayham Abbey
    Bayham Old Abbey

    Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, situated near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c. 1207 through a combination of the failing Premonstratensian monasteries of Otham and Brockley , Bayham functioned as an abbey until its Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century....
    , England
  • Beauchief Abbey
    Beauchief Abbey

    Beauchief Abbey is a former abbey in Sheffield, England....
    , England
  • Beeleigh Abbey
    Beeleigh Abbey

    Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon, Essex in Essex, England was a monastery constructed in 1180 for the White Canons, otherwise known as the Norbertine or Premonstratensians....
    , England
  • Blanchland Abbey
    Blanchland Abbey

    Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the England county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton abbey in Leicestershire....
    , England
  • Cockersand Abbey
    Cockersand Abbey

    Cockersand Abbey is a former abbey near Cockerham in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It was founded before 1184 as the Hospital of St Mary on the marsh belonging to Leicester Abbey....
    , England
  • Coverham Abbey
    Coverham Abbey

    Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England was a Premonstratensian monastery originally founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Lord Chief Justice Ranulf de Glanville....
    , England
  • Croxton Abbey
    Croxton Abbey

    Croxton Abbey, near Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, was a Premonstratensian monastery founded before 1160 by William of Blois.Croxton was the mother house of the monasteries of Blanchland Abbey in County Durham and Cockersand Abbey in Lancashire....
    , England
  • Dale Abbey
    Dale Abbey

    Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby....
    , England
  • Durford Abbey, England
  • Easby Abbey
    Easby Abbey

    Easby Abbey or the Abbey of St Agatha is an abandoned Premonstratensian abbey on the eastern bank of the River Swale on the outskirts of Richmond, North Yorkshire in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire....
    , England
  • Egglestone Abbey
    Egglestone Abbey

    Egglestone Abbey is an abandoned Premonstratensian Abbey on the eastern bank of the River Tees, 1? miles south-east of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England, at ....
    , England
  • Hagnaby Abbey, England
  • Halesowen Abbey
    Halesowen Abbey

    Halesowen Abbey was an abbey in Halesowen, England of which only ruins remain. It was located in an exclave of the Historic counties of England of Shropshire until 1844....
    , England
  • Langley Abbey, England
  • Lavendon Abbey, England
  • Leiston Abbey
    Leiston Abbey

    Leiston Abbey, in Suffolk, England, was formerly known as St Mary's Abbey. It was founded in 1182 at Minsmere by Ranulf de Glanville, Lord Chief Justice to Henry II of England....
    , England
  • Newbo Abbey, England
  • Newhouse Abbey
    Newhouse Abbey

    Newhouse Abbey, near Brockelsby, Lincolnshire, was the first Premonstratensian abbey in England, founded in 1143. The abbey was built in honour of Our Lady and St....
    , Lincolnshire, England
  • Our Lady of England Priory
    Our Lady of England Priory

    Our Lady of England Priory in Storrington, West Sussex, England is home to Roman Catholic priests belonging to a Community of Canons Regular of Pr?montr?, after the place where they were founded in France in 1121....
    , Storrington, UK (current house)
  • St. Radegund's Abbey, England
  • Shap Abbey
    Shap Abbey

    Shap Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey on the western bank of the River Lowther around 1 1/2 miles from the village of Shap in Cumbria, England....
    , England
  • St. Philip's Priory
    St. Philip's Priory

    St. Philip's Priory situated in Chelmsford, Essex, UK is a Premonstratensian priory of canons regular. It is dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs and St....
    , Chelmsford, England (current house)
  • Sulby Abbey, England
  • Titchfield Abbey
    Titchfield Abbey

    Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canon s, an austere order of priests....
    , England
  • Torre Abbey
    Torre Abbey

    Torre Abbey comprises two Grade I listed buildings in Torquay. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canon when William Brewer , lord of the manor of Torre, gave them the land....
    , England
  • Tupholme Abbey
    Tupholme Abbey

    Tupholme Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the River Witham some 17 km east of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded between 1155 and 1165 by Gilbert and Alan de Neville....
    , England
  • Welbeck Abbey
    Welbeck Abbey

    Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland....
    , England
  • Wendling Abbey, England


Northern Ireland
  • Carrickfergus Abbey, Ireland


Scotland
  • Dercongal Abbey
    Dercongal Abbey

    Dercongal Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastic community located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The date of its foundation is not known, but it was certainly in existence as a Premonstratensian monastic community by 1225....
    , Scotland
  • Dryburgh Abbey
    Dryburgh Abbey

    Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scotland Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham and Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland....
    , Scotland
  • Fearn Abbey
    Fearn Abbey

    Fearn Abbey - known as "The Lamp of the North" - has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-Reformation church buildings. Part of the Church of Scotland and located to the southeast of Tain, Ross-shire, it is now a parish church ....
    , Scotland
  • Soulseat Abbey
    Soulseat Abbey

    Saulseat or Soulseat Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastic community located in Wigtownshire, Galloway, in the Galwegian Gaelic south-west of Scotland....
    , Scotland
  • Tongland Abbey
    Tongland Abbey

    Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastic community located in Galloway. It was probably founded in 1218 by Alan, Lord of Galloway, although the church of Tongland had previously been granted to Dercongal Abbey by his grandfather Uchtred, Lord of Galloway in the early 1160s....
    , Scotland
  • Whithorn Priory
    Whithorn Priory

    Whithorn Priory is located in Wigtownshire, Galloway. It was founded about the middle of the twelfth century, in the reign of David I of Scotland, by Fergus of Galloway, Lords of Galloway, with Gille Aldan, Bishop of Galloway, for Premonstratensian Canons, referred colloquially in Britain as the White Canons....
    , Scotland


Wales
  • Abaty Talyllychau ('Talley Abbey
    Talley Abbey

    Talley Abbey is a former monastery of the Premonstratensians in the village of Talley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, six miles north of the market town of Llandeilo....
    '), Wales


USA

  • Daylesford Abbey, Pennsylvania, USA
  • St. Michael's Abbey, California, USA
  • Saint Norbert Abbey, Wisconsin, USA


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