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• Corvey Abbey — Corvey Abbey: West end …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of Corvey —     Abbey of Corvey     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Corvey     (Also called NEW CORBIE)     A Benedictine monastery in the Diocese of Paderborn, in Westphalia, founded c. 820 from Corbie in Picardy, by the Emperor Louis the Pious and St.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Corvey — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La abadía de Corvey: extremo occidental. La ábadía de Corvey o la abadía imperial de Corvey (en alemán, Fürstabtei Corvey) fue un monasterio benedictino junto al río Weser, a dos kilómetros al noreste d …   Wikipedia Español

• Corvey — Territorium im Heiligen Römischen Reich Corvey Wappen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Corbie Abbey — Abbey church of Corbie. Corbie Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Corbie, Picardy, France, dedicated to Saint Peter. Contents 1 Foundation …   Wikipedia

• Herford Abbey — (Frauenstift Herford) was the oldest women s religious house in the Duchy of Saxony. It was founded as a house of secular canonesses in 789, initially in Müdehorst (near the modern Bielefeld) by a nobleman called Waltger, who moved it in about… …   Wikipedia

• Bursfelde Abbey — (in German Kloster Bursfelde) was a house of the Benedictine Order located in the present Hemeln Bursfelde, part of the town of Hannoversch Münden in Lower Saxony in Germany.HistoryIt was founded in 1093 by Count Heinrich the Fat of Northeim and… …   Wikipedia

• Widukind of Corvey — • Historian who lived in the tenth century in the Benedictine Abbey of Corvey, Germany Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Widukind of Corvey     Widukind of Corvey      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Widukind of Corvey — was a Saxon historical chronicler, named after (and possibly a descendant of) the Saxon duke and national hero Widukind who had battled Charlemagne. Widukind the chronicler was born in 925 and died after 973 at the Benedictine abbey of Corvey in… …   Wikipedia

• The Abbey of Bursfeld —     The Abbey of Bursfeld     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Abbey of Bursfeld     In the Middle Ages on of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries in Germany was the Abbey of Bursfeld, Situated directly west of Göttingen, on the River Weser,… …   Catholic encyclopedia