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Bangor Abbey

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Name of two monastic establishments.

(1) Abbey, founded in County Down, Ireland, by Saint Comgall, 559, famous for its learning and austere rule. Destroyed by the Danes, 824, it was restored by Saint Malachy in the 12th century, given to the Franciscans, 1469, to the Augustinians a century later, and finally dissolved under James I.

(2) Abbey, Flintshire, Wales, the greatest monastic establishment in Wales, flourishing in the 6th and 7th centuries.

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Entry for 'Bangor Abbey'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/bangor-abbey.html. 1910.
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