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Home Project team Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Display site: Clynnog-Fawr (Abbey) also known as: Clynnog-Fawr Order: Cistercian Little is now known about the monastic origins of Clynnnog-Fawr which is mentioned only by John Leland (d. 1552) and was reputedly a Cistercian monastery. show more... If Clynnog-Fawr was ever a Cistercian abbey it did not have a long monastic life for by 1291 it was a collegiate church and occupied by five prebendaries. Clynnnog-Fawr remained a collegiate church until the Dissolution. Dedicated to: Virgin Mary? Medieval Diocese: Bangor Lordship at foundation: Gwynedd Access: Site occupied by church of St Beuno. Incorporates medieval remains Owned by: Representative Body of the Church in Wales Main events in the history of this site pre 1282: Foundation - According to the sixteenth-century antiquary, John Leland (d. 1552), there was a Cistercian house at Clynnog Fawr that was later a collegiate church. However more substantial evidence for its Cistercian identity is lacking. [2 sources] pre 1291: Dissolution - By 1291 the house was a collegiate church and occupied by five prebendaries. [2 sources] People associated with this site John Leland , antiquary, poet (visitor) Bibliographical sources 3 Printed sources show sources 'Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales' ed.R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles(Harlow 1971) pp. 112, 117 Coppack, Glynn, 'The White Monks: the Cistercians in Britain 1128-1540' (Stroud 1998) p. 112 Harper, Sally, 'Music in Welsh Culture before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources' (Aldershot 2007) 1 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) Dugdale, Monasticon online - Clynnog-Fawr (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales Who were the Cistercians?, Professor Janet Burton Images of this site Church of St Beuno, Clynnog-Fawr Church of St Beuno, Clynnog-Fawr Exterior of the Church of St Beuno, Clynnog Fawr Interior of the Church of St Beuno, Clynnog Fawr	Exterior of the Church of St Beuno, Clynnog Fawr Gwynedd, OS Grid:SH41454970 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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