Kirkjubæjar Abbey
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Kirkjubæjar Abbey
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Kirkjubæjar Abbey, in operation from 1186 until the Icelandic Reformation, was a monastery in Iceland of nuns of the Order of St. Benedict. It was located at Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Iceland had nine religious communities before the Reformation, two of which were monasteries of nuns, of which this is the first and oldest. In contrast to the other women's monastery in Iceland, Reynistaðarklaustur (1295–1563), which was placed under the authority of the Bishop of Hólar, at Kirkjubæjar Abbey the Abbess
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12th-century Icelandic monastery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjub%C3%A6jar_Abbey
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2024-03-18T23:27:16Z
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