St. Leonards Nunnery was a house of Augustininian canonesses at Perth, Scotland, founded in the 13th century. After King Edward I of England's foray in Scotland in 1296, the Prioress swore fealty to him. The convent was annexed to the Carthusian Monastery at Perth by 1434 and was suppressed in 1438. The nunnery stood near today's Craigie Cross. Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of

George I, Earl of March George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar and March (1338–1422), 12th Lord of Annandale and King of Mann, Lord of the Isle of Man, was "one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland of his time, and the rival of the Douglases."Anderson (1867), vol.i ...

, was a prioress of the convent in the 14th-15th century."Perth, the Ancient Capital of Scotland, Chapter IV"
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History of Catholic monasticism Christian religious orders established in the 13th century Augustinian nunneries in Scotland 13th-century establishments in Scotland Leonards Former Christian monasteries in Scotland {{Scotland-hist-stub