St. Hugh's Charterhouse

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St. Hugh's Charterhouse

St. Hugh's Charterhouse , also known as Parkminster , is a Carthusian monastery in Horsham in the south of England. The Charterhouse is the only one that came into being in England after the Reformation.

history

Before the Reformation there were twelve Carthusian monasteries in England, the oldest since 1181. The prior of this Carthusian monastery was St. Hugo , to whom the Parkminster Charterhouse is dedicated . Parkminster was built in the neo-Gothic style between 1876 and 1883 and was occupied by the convents of two Carthusian monasteries that had to leave mainland Europe.

Buildings and equipment

In the monastery church there are relics of St. Hugo, Bonifatius and Rosaline , as well as numerous other smaller relics in the Charterhouse. The chapter house is decorated with frescoes depicting the martyrdom of the Carthusians of London during the reign of Henry VIII . The large cloister , one of the longest in the world, is more than a kilometer long. The Charterhouse has 34 cell houses for priest monks.

According to their vocation to the lonely life that allow exam regulations of the Carthusians no access to the public. The Charterhouse cannot be visited.

literature

  • Nancy Klein Maguire: In the quiet of many small hours. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-442-33776-3 .

Web links

Commons : St. Hugh's Charterhouse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Carthusian Order , accessed on April 29, 2018

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 22.8 "  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 57.8"  W.