- Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw
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Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw Monastery information Order Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Established 1946 Disestablished extant Mother house Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea Diocese Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Site Coordinates 55°55′17″N 2°39′07″W / 55.9213°N 2.6519°WCoordinates: 55°55′17″N 2°39′07″W / 55.9213°N 2.6519°W Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae) monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland, and inaugurated as an Abbey in 1948, it nestles at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the southern edge of East Lothian. The estate of the abbey is technically called White Castle after an early hill-fort on the land.
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History
Originally owned by the Cistercian Nuns of Haddington, the area that they settled becoming known as Nunraw (lit. Nun's Row). The Nunnery of Haddington was founded by Ada de Warenne, Countess of Huntingdon and daughter of the Earl of Surrey, soon after the death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and the small evidence that is available suggests that Nunraw was a Grange of that convent.
List of Abbots
The modern establishment has had four Lord Abbots since its inception:
- Father Michael Sherry, O.C.S.O. ( d. 2003) Superior of the foundation between 1946 and its inauguration in 1948.
- Dom Columban Mulcahy, O.C.S.O.(1900-1971), Lord Abbot between 1948-1969
- Dom Donald McGlynn, O.C.S.O., Abbot-emeritus and Lord Abbot between 1969-2003, a "Chief" of the Igbo people in Nigeria.
- Dom Raymond Jaconelli, O.C.S.O., Lord Abbot from 2003-2009
- Dom Mark Caira, O.C.S.O., Lord Abbot from 2009
See also
External links
- Website of Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw
- Official site of The Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae
- Dom Donald McGlynn's elevation to the chieftancy of the Igbo
Melrose filiation (from Rievaulx) Melrose Abbey (1136) • Newbattle Abbey (1140) • Holmcultram Abbey* (1150) • Kinloss Abbey (1150) • Coupar Angus Abbey (1164) • Balmerino Abbey (1227)Dundrennan filiation (from Rievaulx) Mellifont filiation** (from Cîteaux) ? Soulseat Abbey*** (1148) • Saddell Abbey (1207)Kinloss filiation**** (from Rievaulx) Culross Abbey (1217) • Deer Abbey (1219)Latter day foundations Nunraw (1946)* Now in England, but at the time of its foundation, part of the Scottish kingdom of David I.
** Filiation from Mellifont Abbey in Ireland, founded 1142.
*** If this existed, it was shortly afterwards replaced by a Premonstratensian establishment.
**** In the line of filiation from Melrose (above).Categories:- Listed monasteries in Scotland
- Trappist monasteries
- Cistercian monasteries in Scotland
- Religious organizations established in 1946
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