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St Catherine’s Priory

📍 Dublin ⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 🏛️ dissolved 1539

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1219 by Warisius dePech; cell dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin, 1323; dissolved 1539, surrendered 25 June 1539

Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1219 by Warisius dePech; cell dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin, 1323; dissolved 1539, surrendered 25 June 1539

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St Katherine
  • Salmon Leap
Communities & Provenance:

Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1219 by Warisius dePech; cell dependent on St Thomas's, Dublin, 1323; dissolved 1539, surrendered 25 June 1539

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