Bristol Cathedral

Abbey of St Augustine is founded in Bristol

In 1140 a local merchant, Robert Fitzharding began to establish a monastery on the site known today as Bristol Cathedral. The monastery was a community of “canons regular” – priests who lived a disciplined life under a rule or pattern based on that of St Augustine of Hippo. The first canons came from St Victoire in Paris, the foundation of one of the earliest Universities in Europe. By 1158-1160 the church was ready for the canons to worship in.Baca lagi