The Almád Abbey was a
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monastery established at Almád in
Zala County
Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...
in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
in 1121 (today
Monostorapáti,
Veszprém County
Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western ...
). Its founders were Atyusz I and Miska I from the
Atyusz kindred, who fulfilled their father's will with the foundation. The monastery was dedicated to
Mary the Virgin
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
and the
All Saints. The deed of the foundation of the monastery was translated and published by Imre Szentpétery in 1927.
References
Sources
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External links
* Hangodi, László
Almád: monostoralapítás és az első két évszázad története (1117-1301) ''archeologia.hu'' (Part I)
* Hangodi, László
Fejezetek az almádi Boldogságos Szűz Mária és Mindenszentek bencés apátság történetéből ''archeologia.hu'' (Part II)
* Hangodi, László
Fejezetek az almádi Boldogságos Szűz Mária és Mindenszentek bencés apátság történetéből ''archeologia.hu'' (Part III)
Atyusz (genus)
Benedictine monasteries in Hungary
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