Cistopedia

CISTOPEDIA

- Encyclopedia Cirerciensis –

A joint project of the Cistercian family

Almost 3,000 monasteries were founded; many of them have disappeared in the course of time.

At Nunraw Abbey Guesthouse, encountered some Guests from Germany, OCist Oblates. (They come each year)

As something of interest, the OCist Oblate, Gabriele, has enthusiasm in Cistercian Lay Associations and Oblates. She revealed that a few months ago she had contributed the subject of Nunraw Abbey to the Cistopedia, the Cistercian Encyclopedia.

At this point the only Cistopedia documentation for Great Britain is Nunraw.

I learned from this the example of the template to be filled with Data, Pictures and Bibliography. As encouraged by the OCSO and OCist Procurators Generals they write, “We warmly invite you to also support and participate in the project, so that as our collection of data and photographs grows, our Cistercian community may grow as well”.

It makes fascinating and interesting building up of this Cistopedia resource.

Many thanks to Gabriele’s initiative – and prompts us on to further research.

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Below as from Cistopedia

Great Britain (Inhabited monasteries)		Bernard’s Convent, Saint
		Caldey
		Grâce Dieu
		Hyning, Our Lady of
		Mount Saint Bernard
		Nunraw
		Our Lady and St. Bernard, Monastery of
		West Malling, Our Lady of of
		Whitland

name Nunraw Latin name B. M. de Nunraw founded in 1152 inhabited by nuns first mother abbey Haddington daughter abbeys dissolved in late 16th century reinhabited in 1946 inhabited by monks affiliated to Ordo Cisterciensis strict. observ. refounded by Roscrea actual father immediate Roscrea to visit address Sancta Maria Abbey Nunraw Haddington East Lothian Scotland EH41 4LW GREAT BRITAIN phone +44 1620 830223 fax +44 1620 830304 email nunraw.abbot@yahoo.co.uk internet www.nunraw.org.uk

Ireland		Bethlehem
		Bolton
		Glencairn
		Melleray, Mount
		Mellifont
		Roscrea

Scotland: The Cistercian Nuns

HADDINGTON East Lothian – Founder:Ada, Countess of Northumberland and Huntingdon, Fd. -1159, Date or Sec 1621

HADDINGTON. Founded by Ada, countess of Northumberland and Huntingdon (Scotieh., lib. viii, cap. xxv (i. 475) ); RMS, ii. no. 61 I and lists). The foundation took place -1159 (v. Trans. East Lothian Antiq. Socy'., v (1952h3). Its prioresses swore fealty to Edward I, in 1291 and 1296 (CDS, ii, nos. 508,823). The nunnery was burned by the English in February I? 3 5/6 (Scotich., lib. xiv, cap. xiii (ii. 354) ), and again in May 1544 (L. & P. H. VIII, xix. no. 533) and (perhaps) 1545 (Chron. of John Smyth, in Kinlos, p. 10). This was one of the largest Scottish nunneries. It is said to have twenty-four nuns, 21 April 1461 (CPR, xii. II5); and there were eighteen in 1560 (Tram. East Lothian .Antiq. Socy., v. 18). This nunnery was erected into a temporal lordship for John Maitland, master of Lauderdale, in parliament, 1621 and by charter, 1622 (APS, iv. 645-7; RMS, viii. no. 306).

Medieval Religious Houses Scotland, D. E. Easson Longman Green 1957, p. 123.