Cambridge Blackfriars

Cambridge Blackfriars

The front of the priory
Location within Cambridgeshire
Monastery information
Full name Priory of St Michael the Archangel
Order Dominican Order
Established 1238
Disestablished 1538
Reestablished 1938
Dedicated to Michael the Archangel
Diocese East Anglia
People
Founder(s) Sebastian Bullough (1938)
Prior Aidan Nichols
Important associated figures Aidan Nichols, Richard Finn, Yves Congar
Site
Location Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates 52°12′49.3″N 0°06′33.2″W / 52.213694°N 0.109222°W / 52.213694; -0.109222Coordinates: 52°12′49.3″N 0°06′33.2″W / 52.213694°N 0.109222°W / 52.213694; -0.109222
Public access Limited, but accessible after Daily Mass
Website Blackfriars Cambridge
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Cambridge Blackfriars is a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1238, dissolved in 1538 and re-established in 1938.[1] Today it continues to operate as a Dominican priory and the novitiate house of the English Province of the Order of Preachers.

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