Leominster Abbey

Leominster Abbey

Leominster Abbey was a Benedictine abbey for nuns in the county of Hereford. The house was founded at an unknown date, but was probably dissolved or suppressed in 1046 after the abbess, Eadgifu, was abducted by Sweyn Godwinson.Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. "The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940-1216" Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2 p. 214] Later, the lands of the abbey were incorporated into the foundation of Reading Abbey. [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/Reading_Abbey Catholic Encyclopedia Online] accessed December 12, 2007] Eadgifu is the only known abbess.

References

Further reading

* Kemp, B. R. "The Foundation of Reading Abbey" "English Historical Review" 1968 p. 505 and following


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