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Aachen-Burtscheid |
S. Nicholaus, S. John the Baptist |
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1220 (female) |
1803 |
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Abbaye-aux-Bois |
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1202. Refounded: 16th century relocation to Paris. |
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Abbenrode |
Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
1252 |
1554 |
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Abbotsbury (needs verification) |
St. Peter |
|
1026 or earlier |
According to Dubdale, the male monastery was surrendered in 1539 |
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Aberdour |
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|
1486 |
1560 |
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Abingdon |
St. Helen and the Holy Cross |
|
939-940 |
946 or later |
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Achad Beithe |
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Fermanagh |
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Aconbury |
Holy Cross |
Herefordshire |
1199-1216 (circa), though some sources say after 1237. Needs verification. |
1539 (needs verification) |
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Addrigoole |
Saint Bairre |
Laois |
600 or earlier (needs verification) |
1240 (circa) |
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Adelberg |
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Swabia |
ca. 1178 |
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Adelhausen |
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Bavaria (Bayern) |
1245 or earlier |
1867 |
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Admont |
S. Blasius, Virgin Mary |
|
1074 |
|
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Agata in Monte |
|
Piedmont |
673 |
1782: the goods of the house were ceded to the civic hospital of S. Matteo. In 1813, the lands were bought by Count Giacomo Fantoni, who formed a public bath with the many rooms. |
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Aghade |
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Carlow |
1151 (circa) |
1500 or earlier (needs verification) |
|
Aglaien-sisterhood |
|
|
1391 |
1580 (circa) |
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Agnetenberg |
S. Agnes(?) |
|
1458 |
1812 |
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Aguas Cálidas |
|
|
790 |
|
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Ahlen |
S. Mary |
Niedersachsen (lower Saxony), district Beckum |
1468-1472 |
1814-16 |
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Aix-en-Provence |
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1303 |
|
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Aland |
S. Mary |
Niedersachsen (lower Saxony), district Emden |
1150 (circa) |
1565 or earlier |
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Albaron |
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|
1238 |
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Alden-Eyck |
|
Limbourg |
700-750. Refounded: 10th century refoundation for canons only. |
936 or earlier |
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Ales |
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1200-1299 (13th century). Refounded: Two communities of monastic women (Cistercians and Claires?) united in one urban convent in the 14th century. |
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Alix |
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|
1285 or earlier |
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Alkmonton |
Saint Leonard |
Derbyshire |
1100 (circa) |
1474? |
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Almeneches |
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|
600 (circa). Refounded: 1066. |
900-999 (10th century)? |
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Alost |
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Brabant |
1096 |
|
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Alpirsbach |
Holy Cross; Blessed Virgin Mary; Saint Benedict |
Baden-Württemberg |
1095 |
1535 |
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Alspach |
St. Matthew the Apostle |
Kaysersberg valley, Alsace |
1289 for female community (ca. 1049 orig. foundation) |
1789 |
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Altdorf |
S. Gregory (974); S. Bartholomew (974); S. Michael (974); S. Cyriacus (1052) |
|
974 (circa) |
1251 |
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Altenberg |
S. Nicholas; S. Michael |
|
1179 or later |
1802 |
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Altenhohenau |
|
Bavaria (Bayern) |
1235 |
1803 |
|
Altomünster |
S. Peter; S. Paul; Blessed Virgin Mary; S. Alto; S. Salvator |
|
740 (circa) |
1803 |
|
Alvingham |
Blessed Mary |
Lincolnshire |
1148-5 |
1538 |
|
Alzey (Cistercian women) |
S. Spiritus (holy spirit), S. John |
|
1262 (circa) |
1564 |
|
Amesbury, Double Monastery |
S. Mary and S. Meilor |
Wiltshire |
979 |
1177 refounded as part of the order of Fontevrault; 1186 nuns installed; final dissolution 1539. |
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Amiens |
|
|
575 or earlier |
900-999 (10th century); refounded for secular canons in 1073 |
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Amilly |
|
|
1240 (circa) |
|
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Amorbach |
Blessed Virgin Mary |
Lower Franconia, in Bavaria |
714; 1235 (female) |
1431 (female); 1803 final dissolution |
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Amour Dieu (l') |
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|
1232 |
|
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Amtenhausen |
S. Sebastian (since 1300), later S. George, S. Fabian, and S. Lawrence |
|
1111 (circa) |
1806 |
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Anargyroi |
Kosmas and Damian |
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Andecy |
|
|
circa 1131 |
|
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Andenne |
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Namur |
692 (circa); Refounded: by 1100. |
883 |
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Andernach |
S. Stephan (since circa 400); Blessed Virgin Mary, S. Thomas Becket (since 1482/3) |
|
1129 |
1794 |
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Andlau |
S. Peter, S. Fabian, S. Felicitas |
|
887 (circa) |
1789 |
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Angers |
Virgin Mary |
|
1028 (July 14) |
1789 (needs verification) |
|
Angouleme |
S. Ausone |
6R |
400-499 (5th century); refounded c. 1028 |
900-999 (10th century) |
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Anguillers |
|
6E |
1170 or earlier |
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Anizy-le-Chateau |
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|
900-999 (10th century) |
1265 |
