Saddell Abbey

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Saddell Abbey
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Mother house	Mellifont Abbey
Established	1207
Disestablished	1507
Diocese	Diocese of Argyll
Controlled churches	Inchmarnock; Kilchattan; Kilkivan
People
Founder	Raghnall mac Somhairle
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Saddell Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Argyll, Scotland, founded in 1207 by Raghnall, son of Somairle mac Gille Brigte. It was established by monks from Mellifont Abbey in Ireland. Very little is known about the abbey and its history. It probably enjoyed several centuries of good monastic life, but by the reign of James IV of Scotland monastic life had apparently disappeared. It was proposed to the Pope that the bishopric of Argyll should be moved from Lismore to Saddell as the former was in ruins. Nothing ever came of the idea, but the bishops of Argyll did sometimes abbot the title "Commendator of Saddell".

[edit] See also

Abbot of Saddell

[edit] Bibliography

Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 77-8
Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 186-7

v • d • e Cistercian monasteries in Scotland

Melrose filiation (from Rievaulx)	Balmerino Abbey (1227) • Coupar Angus Abbey (1164) • Culross Abbey (1217) * • Deer Abbey (1219) * • Holmcultram Abbey (1150) ** • Kinloss Abbey (1150) • Melrose Abbey (1136) • Newbattle Abbey (1140)

Dundrennan filiation (from Rievaulx)	Dundrennan Abbey (1142) • Glenluce Abbey (1192) • Sweetheart Abbey (1273)

Mellifont filiation *** (from Cîteaux)	Saddell Abbey (1207) • [ ? Soulseat Abbey (1148) ] ****

* Founded by Kinloss Abbey. In England, but at the time of foundation (1150), part of the territory of David I, King of Scots. * Meaning from Mellifont Abbey in Ireland, founded in 1142. **** If it existed, it was shortly afterwards replaced by a Premonstratensian establishment.