Exeter monastery
in Exeter, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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Exeter monastery is a collection of diverse and in many cases unrelated monastic establishments that existed at various times during the Middle Ages in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. The monastic buildings included:
Exeter Cathedral Priory, possibly founded before circa 690
The Saxon Monastery, founded by King Æthelred of Wessex in 868
The Benedictine Monastery, founded in 932 by King Æthelstan and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Peter
The Nunnery of Saint Augustine, a nunnery of Augustinian Canonesses founded circa 968
Polsloe Priory, a Benedictine priory for women (a nunnery) founded circa 1159
St James Priory, a Cluniac priory founded in 1146
The Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1087
Exeter Blackfriars, a Dominican friary founded before 1232
Exeter Grey Friary, a Franciscan friary founded before 1240
Exeter Priory, a Carthusian priory licensed in 1331–2 but never established
