The Almád Abbey was a
Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...
monastery established at Almád in
Zala County
Zala (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci County, Koprivnica–Križevci and Me� ...
in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
in 1121 (today
Monostorapáti,
Veszprém County
Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...
). 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 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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