List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man

List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries or other monastic house on the Isle of Man.

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
*	indicates current monastic function
+	indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^	indicates current non-ecclesiastic function
#	indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~	indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown

Isle of Man

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	OnLine References & Location
Bemaken Friary		Franciscan Friars founded 1367; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4	Bemaccan Friary
Douglas Priory ^		Cistercian nuns founded before 1226 purportedly by Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles; dissolved 24 June 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4; chapel converted used as coachhouse	St Mary supposed (doubtful) St Bridget (possibly St Mary and St Bridget)	54°08′53″N 4°29′38″W / 54.148°N 4.494°W / 54.148; -4.494 (Douglas Priory)
Mirescog Monastery		Cistercian monks dependent on Rievaulx, Yorkshire; founded 1176; dissolved c.1200	later called Sulby Grange
Rushen Abbey		Savignac monks dependent on Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) founded 1134/5, land granted by Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4		54°05′56″N 4°38′15″W / 54.09889°N 4.63750°W / 54.09889; -4.63750 (Rushden Abbey)

References

Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E. (1976) Medieval Religious Houses Scotland, With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man. Longman
Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954

Glossary

Orders:
- Augustinian
  - Augustinian Canons Regular / Austin Canons / Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.)
    - - Arrouasian / (Arroasian)
    - - Victorine
    - - Holy Sepulchre
  - Austin Friars (Augustinian Friars)
  - Augustinian Recollects
- Benedictine / Order of St Benedict (O.S.B.)
- Bonshommes
- Bridgettine / Briggittine
- Carmelites Carmelites (White Friars)
- Carthusians
- Cistercian
- Cluniac
- Crutched Friars / (Crouched Friars / Crossed Friars / Fratres Cruciferi / Brethren of the Holy Cross)
- Culdee
- Dominican (Black Friars) / Ordinis Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers) (O.P.) / Friars Preachers
- Franciscan (Grey Friars)
  - Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (The Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) / Ordo Fratrum Minorum)
  - Capuchin (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)
  - Franciscan Observants
  - Franciscan, Third Order Regular
  - Franciscan Recollects
  - Minoresses (Poor Clares)
- Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary (Friars of St Mary / Fratres Beatae Mariae)
- Friars of Penitence of Jesus Christ (Friars of the Sack)
- Gilbertine
- Grandmontine
- Military Orders

- St. Lazarus Hospitallers
- Premonstratensian
- Savignac
- Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- Sisters of St John of Jerusalem
- Tironensian
- Trappist
- Trinitarian (Maturines)
- Valliscaulian
General terms:
- Abbots / Abbesses / Abbey
- Alien House
- Anchorites
- Camera (pl. Cameræ)
- Canons
- Canons Regular
- cell
- Commandery
- Double monastery
- Friars / Friary
- Friars Eremites / anchorites
- Hermits
- Mendicants
- Monks
- Nuns / Nunnery
- Preceptor / Preceptory
- Priors / Prioresses / Priory
- Secular canons

See also

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