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List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. As of 2016 [update] , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide. [ 1 ]
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
Martyrs of Nagasaki (1628 engraving). This page is a list of saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God from Asia, as recognized by the Catholic Church.These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Asia.
The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation , the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII , the French Revolution , and the ...
Monastery of Saint Ursula in Aarau (1270-1528) Dominican Nunnery in Basel (1274-1557), now Museum Kleines Klingental Oetenbach nunnery in Zürich (1286-1525) Dominikanerkloster St. Nicolai in Chur (1288-1539) Monastère des dominicaines d'Estavayer in Estavayer-le-Lac (since 1316) Monastery of Saint Catherine in St. Gallen (1368-1594)
Ganden Monastery, Tibet. Lists of monasteries cover monasteries, buildings or complexes of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). The lists are organized by country or territory, by denomination, by order and by form.
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Lavra, a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits Metochion , an ecclesiastical embassy church within the Eastern Orthodox tradition Stauropegion , a monastery or parish not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop, but directly under the primate or Holy Synod of a particular Church.