St Saviour's Priory, Wicklow
St Saviour's Priory (Irish: Mainistir an tSlánaitheora)[1] is a ruined Augustinian monastery in Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Augustinian |
| Official name | Glendalough |
| Reference no. | 134 |
History
The priory was likely founded c. 1162, which is when Lorcán Ua Tuathail, the founder, was made Archbishop of Dublin.[2] Diarmait Mac Murchadha, the King of Leinster, was likely involved in the monastery's foundation.[3] St Saviour's is roughly contemporary with Ferns Abbey, Baltinglass Abbey, and likely also Killeshin Church.[4] It is located on a narrow floodplain to the south-east of the core of the Glendalough monastic site. The priory's relative isolation from the rest of the campus is thought to be a result of resentment towards the Augustinians by the long-established monastic community who occupied the site.[5]
Architecture
St Saviour's is built in the Irish Romanesque style.[3] The priory church is lavishly decorated.[6]
References
Notes
- "Mainistir an tSlánaitheora/Saint Saviour's Church". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- Manning 2016, p. 5.
- O'Keefe 1997, p. 57.
- O'Keefe 1997, p. 71.
- O'Keefe 1997, p. 53-54.
- O'Keefe 1997, p. 60.
Sources
- Manning, Conleth (March 2016). "Heritage Guide No. 72: Glendalough and its churches". Archaeology Ireland: 1–6 – via JSTOR.
- O'Keefe, Tadhg (1997). "Diarmait Mac Murchada and Romanesque Leinster: Four Twelfth-Century Churches in Context". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 127: 52–79 – via JSTOR.