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Abbot Of Dercongal
The Abbot of Dercongal or Abbot of Holywood (later Commendator of Holywood) was the head of the Premonstratensian monastic community of Dercongal Abbey (or Holywood Abbey as it was later called). The history of the abbots of the house is obscure and very few are known by name. The following is a list of abbots and commendators who are known: List of known abbots * Odo Ydonc, 1225 * Dungald, 1296 * Walter, 1356-1372 * William Adougan, 1394-1415 * Thomas Adunyl, 1432 * Nicholas Bilsack, 1474-1491 * John Douglas, 1485-1491 * John MacCanish, 1490 * John Welch, 1491-1507 x 1519 * John Maxwell, 1516-1523 List of known commendators * William Kennedy, 1524-1540Also abbot of Crossraguel (1520-1547). * Thomas Campbell, 1548-1579 * James Johnston of Dunskellie, 1580-1600 * John Johnston of Castlemilk, 1600-1617 * Thomas Forrester, 1617 Notes Bibliography * Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), ''The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries'', The Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premonstratensians
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their religious habit, habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg. Premonstratensians are designated by ''OPraem'' (''Ordo Praemonstratensis'') following their name. Norbert was a friend of Bernard of Clairvaux and was largely influenced by the Cistercians, Cistercian ideals as to both the manner of life and the government of his order. As the Premonstratensians are not monks but canons regular, their work often involves preaching and the exercising of pastoral ministry; they frequently serve in parishes close to their abbeys or priories. History The order was founded in 1120. Saint Norbert had made various efforts to introduce a strict form of canonical l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dercongal Abbey
Dercongal Abbey (or Holywood Abbey) was a Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ... monastic community located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. History The date of its foundation is not known, but it was certainly in existence as a Premonstratensian monastic community by 1225. The founder was presumably Alan, Lord of Galloway. Dercongal seems to come from ''Doire Congaill'', Congall's oak-copse, Congall (Welsh, ''Cinvall'') being a saint venerated by the natives of the area. For this reason the abbot of Dercongal also became known as the abbot "de Sacro Nemore" (="of the Holy Wood"), becoming "Holywood" in English. Saint Vimin (died 579) is said to have founded Holywood Abbey. Little of its history is known and few of the abbots of Dercongal names have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odo Ydonc
Odo Ydonc was a 13th-century Premonstratensian prelate. The first recorded appearance of Odo was when he witnessed a charter by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, on 21 July 1225. In this document he is already Abbot of Dercongal, incidentally the first Abbot of Dercongal to appear on record.Watt & Shead, ''Heads of Religious Houses'', p. 97. Dercongal Abbey (also Holywood Abbey, from Latin ''Sancti Nemoris''), which is Gaelic or Irish ''Doire Conghaill'', "oak-wood of St Congall", was a recently established house of Premonstratensian canons, perhaps founded by Alan, Lord of Galloway, but Odo's appearance is the first time we know about the abbey's existence. An abbot of Dercongal, unnamed but surely Odo, was recorded as a papal mandatory in a document of Paisley Abbey on 18 December the same year (1225). It is unknown from what point or rather until at what point Odo held the abbacy of Dercongal, but by 11 March 1235, when he next appeared on the record, he was merely a former abbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbot Of Dundrennan
The Abbot of Dundrennan was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Dundrennan Abbey, Galloway. It was founded by Fergus of Galloway in 1142. Dundrennan was a large and powerful monastery in the context of the south-west. It became secularised and protestantised in the 16th century. In 1606 it was finally turned into a secular lordship in for John Murray of Lochmaben, afterwards earl of Annandale. The royal warrant in 1886 which revived the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal also gave the Dean the titles of Abbot of Crossraguel and Abbot of Dundrennan. The following is a list of abbots and commendators: __NOTOC__ List of abbots * Silvanus, fl. 1167 * William, 1180 * Nicholas, l196 x 1200 * Egidius fl. 13th century * Gaufridus (Geoffrey), 1209 x 1222 * Robert Matursal, 1223 x 1224 * Jordan, 1236 * Leonius, 1236–1239 * Ricardus (Richard), 1239 * Adam I, 1250 * Brian, 1250–1273 * Adam II, 1294 * Walter, 1296 * John, 1305 * William, 1332 * Giles, 1347 - 1358 x 1381 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbot Of Crossraguel
The Abbot of Crossraguel was the leader of the Cluniac monastic community of Crossraguel Abbey, near Maybole in Carrick, south-west Scotland. It was founded in 1260s by Donnchadh mac Gille Brigte, earl of Carrick with monks from Paisley Abbey. Owing to the lack of surviving records and its distance from the core of Lowland Scotland in the western Gàidhealtachd, few of the abbots are known by name. The abbots were replaced by commendators in the 16th century, and the abbey came to an end when its lands were taken over by the bishops of Dunblane in 1617. The royal warrant in 1886 which revived the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal also gave the Dean the titles of Abbot of Crossraguel and Abbot of Dundrennan. The following is a list of abbots and commendators: List of known abbots * Patrick, 1274 x 1292 * Nicholas, 1370-1386 x 1400 * ''nearly a century without a known abbot'' * Roger, fl. 1370 * Roland, 1414-1433 * John de Lithgow, 1414-1415See above note. * Colin Kennedy, 1460-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
