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Henry of Appleford

Index Henry of Appleford

Henry of Appleford, O.S.B., was a monk who ruled as Abbot of Reading Abbey in the English county of Berkshire from 1342 to 1361. [1]

9 relations: Abbot, Appleford-on-Thames, Berkshire, Black Death, England, Monk, Order of Saint Benedict, Oxfordshire, Reading Abbey.

Abbot

Abbot, meaning father, is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity.

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Appleford-on-Thames

Appleford-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames about north of Didcot, Oxfordshire.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Black Death

The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or simply the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_of_Appleford

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