Whitefriars Monastery
A plaque on a pillar in the boundary wall of Jeanfield Cemetery on Jeanfield Road near the corner of Feus Road relates to the lands across the road where once stood the Monastery of Tullylumb, founded by Alexander III c 1155 and occupied by Carmelite Friars. The Carmelites, are known as the “White Friars” The Carmelites, when founded were as a purely contemplative order, but became mendicants in 1245. Mendicants were Christian religious orders who adopted a lifestyle of poverty, travelling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelisation, and ministry, especially to the poor. At their foundation these orders rejected all…
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17/10/2023