Ivybridge Priory or St. Austin's Priory was a monastic house in Devon, England.
| St Austin's Priory | |
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| 50°23′24″N 3°56′59″W / 50.390029°N 3.949698°W | |
| Location | Woodland Rd Cadleigh, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9HW |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | [1] |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
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| Functional status | Parish church |
From 1932 it was a priory of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. They relocated to Devon from Spain at this time due to anti-clericalism, purchasing it from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who had themselves taken it on due to earlier anti-clericalism in France, to which by 1932 they were able to return.
During the 20th century, missionaries were educated at the priory. It shrank over the decades, with several buildings being demolished in 1981, and was eventually closed as a monastic house and passed into the hands of the Diocese of Plymouth in 2016.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Parish History: Goodbye to the Priory". Ivybridge Parish. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
External links
edit- St Austins Priory at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 October 2016)