New Minster (Winchester)

A page from the document from 966, with which King Edgar confirmed the conversion of New Minster into a Benedictine abbey. In the painting, Edgar stands between the Virgin Mary and Simon Petrus .

The New Minster in Winchester was founded in 901 royal Benedictine abbey .

Alfred the Great had planned to build the monastery but only got around to buying the land. His son, Edward the Elder, completed the project, according to Alfred's wishes, with the help of Grimbald , who became the first abbot . The New Minster was so close to the Old Minster that the voices of the two choirs could be heard simultaneously with chaotic results.

The body of King Alfred was reburied in New Minster, Grimbald was also buried here, as was St. Jodok (Saint Judoc, Joyce, Josse), which is why New Minster became an important destination for pilgrimages. Emma of Normandy donated the head of St. Valentine of Terni in 1041 .

In 963 New Minster was rededicated as a Benedictine abbey. With the construction of the new Winchester Cathedral after the Norman conquest of England , the monks of New Minster were forced to move to Hyde Mead outside the north city walls, where they established Hyde Abbey .

Burials

Web links

Victoria County History of Hampshire: New Minster, or the Abbey of Hyde

Commons : New Minster, Winchester - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

^ John Cannon, Ralph Griffiths (1997), The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy , Oxford University Press, p. 2. ISBN 0-19-822786-8 .

51,061 -1,314Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 39.6 " N , 1 ° 18 ′ 50.4" W.

[OIHBM_2-1] John Cannon, Ralph Griffiths (1997), The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy , Oxford University Press, p. 2. ISBN 0-19-822786-8 .