Kolozsmonostor Abbey
Benedictine | |
| Established | 1080s-1090s |
|---|---|
| Diocese | Transylvania |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Ladislaus I of Hungary |
| Site | |
| Location | Mănăștur, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Coordinates | 46°45′41″N 23°33′29″E / 46.76129°N 23.55794°E |
The Kolozsmonostor Abbey was a
Benedictine Christian monastery at Kolozsmonostor in Transylvania in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (now Mănăștur in Cluj-Napoca in Romania). According to modern scholars' consensus, the monastery was established by Ladislaus I of Hungary
before 1095.
Establishment
The Kolozsvár Abbey was the first Benedictine monastery in
bishopric of Eger in a 1261 charter, although the reference to Béla I may have preserved a genuine tradition.[2] Historians István Bóna, Elek Benkő and István Keul agree that the monastery was established by Ladislaus I before 1095.[3][4][5]
History
The monastery was dedicated to the
Virgin Mary.[1]
The abbey developed into an important place of authentication.[5][6]
References
Sources
- Benkő, Elek (1994). "Kolozsmonostor". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
- Bóna, István (1994). "The Hungarian–Slav Period (895–1172)". In Köpeczi, Béla; Barta, Gábor; Bóna, István; Makkai, László; Szász, Zoltán; Borus, Judit (eds.). History of Transylvania. ISBN 963-05-6703-2.
- ISBN 963-05-3613-7.
- Keul, István (2009). Early Modern Religious Communities in East-Central Europe: Ethnic Diversity, Denominational Plurality, and Corporative Politics in the Principality of Transylvania (1526-1691). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-17652-2.
- Kiss, Gergely (2013). Királyi egyházak a középkori Magyarországon [Royal Churches in Medieval Hungary] (in Hungarian). Pécsi Történettudományért Kulturális Egyesület. ISBN 978-963-642-442-8.
- Niessen, James P. (2016). "Catholic monasticism, orders, and societies in Hungary: centuries of expansion, disaster, and revival". In Angeli Murzaku, Ines (ed.). Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics. Routledge. pp. 86–109. ISBN 978-0-415-81959-6.