West end of Whithorn Priory, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The priory was founded about the middle of the 12th century by Fergus, the Lor
West end of Whithorn Priory, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The priory was founded about the middle of the 12th century by Fergus, the Lord of Galloway, during the reign of King David I of Scotland, initially for a community of Augustinian canons regular. Around 1175, the monks were replaced by Premonstratensian canons regular, referred to colloquially in Britain as the White Canons. Sometime before 1161, the Premonstratensians had been established at Soulseat Abbey. Whithorn was long a noted place of pilgrimage, owing to its connection with the venerated memory of Saint Ninian. The whole property of the priory was vested in the Crown by the annexation act of 1587, and was granted in 1606 by King James VI to the occupant of the See of Galloway when he established Episcopalianism in Scotland that year
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Location: Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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