bridgettine — Usage: usually capitalized variant of brigittine … Useful english dictionary
Maribo Abbey — Maribo Cathedral, formerly Maribo Abbey church Maribo Abbey, established in 1416, was the first Bridgettine monastery in Denmark and became one of the most important Danish abbeys of the late Middle Ages. It was located in the present town of… … Wikipedia
Bridgettines — The Bridgettine or Briggittine order is a monastic religious order of Augustinian canonesses founded by Saint Birgitta (Saint Bridget) of Sweden approximately 1350, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370. There are today several different branches… … Wikipedia
Mariager Abbey — Mariager Kirke, the much reduced and altered former Mariager Abbey church Mariager Abbey (Danish: Mariager Kloster) was a Bridgettine double monastery founded in 1430 which became an important pilgrimage site, in the present town of Mariager in… … Wikipedia
Altomünster Abbey — was a monastery in the small Bavarian market town of Altomünster.A small monastery was founded here by and named after Saint Alto, a wandering monk, in about 750. Sometime before 1000 the Welfs enlarged it and made it into a Benedictine abbey.… … Wikipedia
Nicolaus Ragvaldi (monk) — For the archbishop of Uppsala, see Nicolaus Ragvaldi. Nicolaus Ragvaldi (a Latinized form of the Swedish Nils Ragvaldsson) (died 1514) was a monk in the Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena, and served twice as its confessor general. He is known for a… … Wikipedia
List of abbeys and priories in England — Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Article layout 2 Abbreviations and key … Wikipedia
List of Christian religious houses in Norway — This is a list of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Norway, for both men and women. All those before the Reformation were of course Roman Catholic; the modern ones are a mixture of Roman Catholic and Protestant communities … Wikipedia
List of Christian religious houses in Sweden — This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Sweden, for both men and women. Almost all listed so far are Roman Catholic. NOTOC A* Åhus Priory, Åhuspart of Denmark until 1658] : Dominican friars… … Wikipedia
Nådendal Abbey — Nådendal Abbey, (Swedish: Nådendals kloster), was a Bridgettine abbey in then Swedish Finland, in operation from 1438 to 1591. The abbey was first situated in Masko, secondly in Bjärnå (1441) and finally in Nådendal in 1443. It was one of six… … Wikipedia
