Vårfruberga Abbey
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Vårfruberga Abbey (
History
Fogdö Abbey
In the 12th century a house of
In 1252 a letter was sent to the abbey
Vårfruberga Abbey
After 50 years the nuns moved again to the present Kungsberg (3 km east of Fogdö), where they were able to have built a full monastic complex in accordance with the Cistercian principles of monastery construction and layout. The new buildings were put into operation in 1289. At the same time the name of the community was changed to Vårfruberga ("Mountain of Our Lady"), and was formally accepted into the Cistercian order, as a daughter house of Julita Abbey.
The church was built in the shape of a Latin cross, with three aisles and a short transept. The nave was divided by a wall to separate the nuns from the lay congregation. The church was roofed with tiles, and the external walls may also have been tile-clad.
During the
Abbesses
The abbesses are only partially known.
- Margareta (1233–1254)
- In(grid?) (1278)
- Kunigunda (1299–1323)
- Ingrid Birgersdotter (1343–1351)
- Gertrud Jonsdotter (1355–1358)
- Regimod (Andersdotter?) (1348–1400)
- Martha (1405)
- Mechtild (1408–1415)
- Cecilia Jönsdotter (1421–1447)
- Margareta Beyentsdotter (1457)
- Cecilia Jönsdotter (1463)
- Lucia (1466–1474)
- Berette Eriksdotter (1494)
- Margareta Laurecnidotter (1508)
- Martha Henriksdotter (1520- )
Notes
Sources and external links
- Uppgifter från Riksantikvarieämbetets byggnadsregister (in Swedish)
- Vårfruberga klosterruin (in Swedish)
- Kungsbergs kungsgård (in Swedish)
- Fogdö kyrka[permanent dead link] (in Swedish)
- Fogdö kyrka (in Swedish)