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Buckfast Abbey

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Near Ashburton, England, founded probably about the middle of the 10th century; incorporated into the Benedictine Congregation of Savigny (later part of the Cistercian Order) in the 12th century; and suppressed, 1538. It was reclaimed by the Benedictines, and legally conveyed to them, 1882. The community, numbering 29 priests, is occupied in parochial work at Buckfastleigh and Totnes.

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