Saddell Abbey

Saddell Abbey

Monastery information
Order Cistercian
Established 1207
Disestablished 1507
Mother house Mellifont Abbey
Diocese Diocese of Argyll
Controlled churches Inchmarnock; Kilchattan; Kilkivan
People
Founder(s) Raghnall mac Somhairle

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".

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