Eynsham Abbey

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Eynsham Abbey was a prominent Benedictine monastery in Oxfordshire, England, known as a significant center of medieval religious life and learning.

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Label Occurrences
Eynsham Abbey canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
medieval monastery
abbot Ælfric of Eynsham
architecturalStyle Gothic
Romanesque
belongsToTradition Western monasticism
country England
currentCondition archaeological site
ruined
dedicatedTo Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter

Virgin Mary
surface form: the Virgin Mary
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Diocese of Lincoln
dissolvedBy Henry VIII of England
dissolvedInCentury 16th century
dissolvedInYear 1539
era High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
excavatedInCentury 20th century
followedRule Rule of Saint Benedict
foundedBy Æthelmar
Æthelmar
surface form: Æthelmar of Cuckamsley

Æthelmar
surface form: Æthelmar the Stout
foundedDuringReignOf Æthelred the Unready
foundedInCentury 11th century
foundedInYear 1005
founderOccupation ealdorman of Devon
function center of learning
center of medieval religious life
religious community
hasRemainsOf church foundations
cloister
monastic buildings
heritageStatus scheduled monument
historicalCounty Oxfordshire
knownFor center of religious learning
monastic scholarship
production of manuscripts
scriptorium activity
locatedIn Eynsham
Oxfordshire
Thames Valley
locatedNear Oxford
Thames
surface form: River Thames
notableAbbot Ælfric of Eynsham
region South East England
religiousOrder Benedictines
suppressedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
usedLanguage Latin
Old English

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Ælfric of Eynsham deathPlace Eynsham Abbey
Eynsham hasHistoricalSite Eynsham Abbey
Preface to Genesis placeOfOrigin Eynsham Abbey
Letter to Sigeweard associatedPlace Eynsham Abbey