Movilla Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Mhaigh Bhile "Monastery of the Plain of the Notable Tree") in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, is believed to have been one of Ulster's and Ireland's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Donegal.
54°35′45″N 5°40′28″W / 54.595911°N 5.674514°W / 54.595911; -5.674514 MovillaAbbey (Irish: Mainistir Mhaigh Bhile "Monastery of the Plain of the Notable...
founded MovillaAbbey, a monastery, on a hill overlooking Strangford Lough about a mile northeast of present-day Newtownards town centre. "Movilla" (Magh...
Finnian of Movilla (c. 495–589) was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September. Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head",...
respects and to see him interred in a family plot in the town's old MovillaAbbey graveyard. After his death his masonic jewel was preserved for many...
560 Columba became involved in a quarrel with Finnian of Moville of MovillaAbbey over a psalter. Columba copied the manuscript at the scriptorium under...
2011, aged 79, in the Rozelle Holm Farm Care Home. She is buried in MovillaAbbey Cemetery, Newtownards, Northern Ireland, in the Patterson family grave...
Priory (approx.) Cruciferi Priory (approx.) Downpatrick Priory (approx.) MovillaAbbey Newtownards Priory Return to top of page (For references and location...
There is strong modern scholarly consensus that Ninian and Finnian of Movilla are the same person, whose actual name was "Uinniau". The small stone church...
Abbey, of ancient Gaelic origin, which was under the Augustinian Canons Regular during the time of Clandeboye. The Augustinians were also at Movilla Abbey...
believed to have been written by either Finnian of Clonard or Finnian of Movilla. It contains fifty canons that apply to both the clergy and the laity,...
was educated under Fintan of Clonenagh and also studied under Finnian of Movilla, Mobhí Clárainech at Glasnevin, and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. He was ordained...
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century with the abbey being continuously attacked and pillaged by Viking Raids, many of the relics of Columba were transferred to Abbey of Kells, an abbacy...
Casa", such as Tigernach of Clones, Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, and Finnian of Movilla. Ninian's work was carried on by Palladius, who left Ireland to work among...
Christians were Luxeuil Abbey in Burgundy, Bobbio Abbey in Lombardy, Abbey of Saint Gall in modern Switzerland and Disibodenberg Abbey near Odernheim am Glan...
trace back to Notker of St Gall's and Tuotilo's tropes at the Irish-founded Abbey of St. Gall. D. O Croinin, ed., Prehistoric and Early Ireland: Prehistoric...
question of the origin and development of all the Western rites. Copied at the Abbey of Bobbio from a manuscript compiled at the monastery of Bangor in County...
Ulster saint. 12 December Findbarr moccu Fiatach 6th century (d. 579) Movilla Ulster saint 10 September Finncheall ? Irish Sliabh Guaire (Co. Cavan)...
Ostrogoths (approximate date) King Chlodomer of the Franks (d. 524) Finnian of Movilla, Irish bishop (d. 589) Guntheuc, queen of Burgundy and the Franks (d. c...