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These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the dissolution of the monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it.
Grand Lodge of Texas centrally located in Waco. The Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in the State of Texas, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded on 17 June 1751 at the Turk's Head Tavern, Greek Street, Soho, London. [1]
Corpus Christi Monastery, a Roman Catholic monastery located in New York City. Holy Ascension Monastery, a Greek Old Calenderist monastery located in Bearsville. [54] Holy Cross Monastery, an Anglican monastery located in West Park. [55] Holy Trinity Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Jordanville. [56]
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.
The monasteries, being landowners who never died and whose property was therefore never divided among inheritors (as happened to the land of neighboring secular land owners), tended to accumulate and keep considerable lands and properties - which aroused resentment and made them vulnerable to governments confiscating their properties at times of religious or political upheaval, whether to fund ...
The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.
Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII: Revived in: 1983 (oblates in UK) 1998–2012 (Experiment in Brazil) 2017 (Canada) H Haudriettes: Early 14th century c. 1789 Not restored after the French Revolution: Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony: C.R.S. Ant. 1095 1803 Suppressed L Little Brothers of St. Francis: L.B.S.F. 1970 2012 ...
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 ]