Priory of St Frideswide, Oxford

The priory of St Frideswide, Oxford was established as a priory of Augustinian regular canons, in 1122. It was set up by Gwymund, chaplain to Henry I of England. It lasted to the 1520s, when it was dissolved by Cardinal Wolsey. Its church became part of Christ Church, Oxford, and is the cathedral for the city of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
The original nunnery founded by Frideswide was destroyed in 1002.Berkshire History: St. Frideswide (Frilsham), Part 2 After that there was a monastery of secular canons.The Legend of Frideswide of Oxford, an Anglo-Saxon Royal Abbess, Introduction
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==External links==
*British History Online - The priory of St Frideswide, Oxford
Category:1122 establishments
Category:Religious organizations established in the 1120s
Category:1524 disestablishments
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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