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The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (Latin: Candidus et Canonicus Ordo Praemonstratensis), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons [2] (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishop of ...
In the early 20th century, the canons regular were represented in England by the Premonstratensians at Crowley, Manchester, Spalding and Storrington and currently Chelmsford; the Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation at Bodmin, Truro, St Ives, and Newquay, in Cornwall; at Spetisbury and Swanage, in Dorsetshire; at Stroud Green and Eltham ...
The earliest orders include the Cistercians (1098), the Premonstratensians (1120), the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212), and the Benedictine reform movements of Cluny (1216). These orders were confederations of independent abbeys and priories, who were unified through a loose structure of leadership and oversight.
This category relates to Roman Catholic canons regular of the Norbertine Order. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Members of the Premonstratensian Order . Subcategories
A Premonstratensian priory was opened in 1888 by a community of Canons who came over from France in 1882. The land the Priory is built on was granted by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, and the foundation stone of the Priory Church was laid in 1902 [1] by Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Southwark.
As a cathedral canon, he chose the Rule of St. Augustine. "He supplemented rule with legislation and customs borrowed from the Premonstratensians." [6] He also drew some monastic observances from Benedictine tradition. While the Dominicans follow an adapted Augustinian rule, they are a separate and distinct religious order that counts Augustine ...
Premonstratensians (3 C, 55 P) Pages in category "Canons regular" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Norbertine Canonesses – Tehachapi, California [123] – Premonstratensian Rite Poor Sisters of St. Clare at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery – Fort Wayne, Indiana [ 124 ] Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church – Spokane, Washington [ 125 ]