And Carlisle was an Augustinian house.
Tom Izbicki
At 08:50 AM 2/4/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > Thanks for this information. It raises more questions. Are you saying the
> > monks supplemented the canons in terms of administration of the cathedral,
> > or kept to their cloisters? :)
> >
> > LR
>
>Cathedral priories originated in England during the 10th-century
>monastic reform movement. I believe one of the first instances was
>at Canterbury, after Dunstan had come from Glastonbury to become
>archbishop. He turfed the canons and replaced them with monks. So
>the monks, under a prior, functioned as the cathedral chapter.
>Besides Canterbury, the other cathedral priories in England during
>the Middle Ages were Bath, Coventry, Durham, Ely, Norwich, Rochester,
>Winchester and Worcester. The monks certainly administered
>the cathedral precinct, but what their relationship was to the
>care of souls of the bishopric, I know not.
>Cheers,
>Jim Bugslag
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