Holyrood Abbey

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Augustinian monastery former church medieval abbey ruin

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined medieval Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland, historically serving as a royal church closely associated with the Scottish monarchy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Holyrood Abbey canonical 16
Holyrood Abbey precinct 1
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian monastery ⓘ
former church ⓘ
medieval abbey ⓘ
ruin ⓘ
adjacentTo Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish crown ⓘ
surface form: Scottish monarchy
city Edinburgh ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Cross ⓘ
the Rood ⓘ
surface form: Holy Rood
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
foundedAs Augustinian abbey ⓘ
foundedBy David I of Scotland ⓘ
function royal church ⓘ
governedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
hasBuildingType abbey church ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of medieval Scottish royalty ⓘ
hasFunctionInHistory site of important state ceremonies ⓘ
hasNameOrigin from 'Holy Rood' meaning 'Holy Cross' ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Arthur’s Seat ⓘ
surface form: Arthur's Seat

Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
hasRemains monastic precinct remains ⓘ
nave ruins ⓘ
transept ruins ⓘ
hasRuinedStatusSince 18th century (approximate) ⓘ
hasTourismSignificance major visitor attraction in Edinburgh ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed building ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedAt Royal Mile ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Holyrood ⓘ
locatedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood Palace
locatedOn eastern end of the Royal Mile ⓘ
notableFor association with Scottish kings and queens ⓘ
medieval monastic ruins ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Holyrood Park setting ⓘ
royal precinct of Holyrood ⓘ
region Lothian ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism (historical)
religiousOrder Canons Regular of Saint Augustine ⓘ
surface form: Augustinian Canons Regular
status ruined ⓘ
usedFor royal burials ⓘ
royal coronations ⓘ
royal weddings ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palace of Holyroodhouse → hasPart → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
David I of Scotland → founded → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Anne of Denmark → coronationPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
James II of Scotland → coronationPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
James V of Scotland → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Mary of Guelders, Queen of Scots → marriagePlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary of Guelders
this entity surface form: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots → marriagePlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Madeleine of Valois
David II of Scotland → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Holyrood → namedAfter → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas → placeOfBurial → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
James II → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: James II of Scotland
James II → coronationPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: James II of Scotland
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
Madeleine of Valois → burialPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Margaret of Denmark → marriagePlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Marie de Lorraine → coronationPlace → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Abbey Strand → near → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
Abbey Strand → associatedWith → Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyrood Abbey precinct