Medeshamstede Abbey

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Medeshamstede Abbey was an important early medieval Benedictine monastery in Anglo-Saxon England that later became known as Peterborough Cathedral.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Medeshamstede Abbey canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon monastery ⓘ
Benedictine monastery ⓘ
Christian monastery ⓘ
affiliation Benedictine Confederation ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
associatedWith Fenlands ⓘ
Peterborough Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Croyland Chronicle
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryDuringFoundation Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia
dedicatedTo Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Diocese of Peterborough ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
Early Middle Ages ⓘ
foundedBy Abbot Saxulf ⓘ
Oswiu of Northumbria ⓘ
Peada of Mercia ⓘ
Saint Aidan ⓘ
foundingPatron Oswiu of Northumbria ⓘ
Peada of Mercia ⓘ
function monastic community ⓘ
place of pilgrimage ⓘ
religious centre ⓘ
hasSaintlyAssociation Saint Aidan ⓘ
Saint Oswald of Northumbria ⓘ
Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
languageOfCommunity Latin ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
laterKnownAs Peterborough Abbey ⓘ
Peterborough Cathedral ⓘ
locatedIn Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Cambridgeshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Peterborough ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Northamptonshire ⓘ
notableFor being an important early medieval monastery in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
its later development into Peterborough Cathedral ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia
region East of England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
status suppressed monastery ⓘ
successor Peterborough Abbey ⓘ
Peterborough Cathedral ⓘ
suppressedBy Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peterborough Cathedral → originalName → Medeshamstede Abbey ⓘ
Wulfhere of Mercia → patronage → Medeshamstede Abbey ⓘ