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has gloss | eng: Wearmouth-Jarrow is a twin-foundation English monastery, located on the River Wear in Sunderland and the River Tyne at Jarrow respectively, in the Kingdom of Northumbria (now in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear). Its formal name is The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow. The twin Anglo-Saxon monastery is the UK nomination for World Heritage Site status in 2010. Saxon Foundation The monastery was founded in 674 by Benedict Biscop, with the establishment of the monastery of St Peters, Monkwearmouth on land given by Egfrid, King of Northumbria. His idea was to build a model monastery for England, sharing his knowledge of the experience of the Catholic Church in Europe in an area previously more influenced by Celtic Christianity from Melrose and Iona. A papal letter in 678 exempted the monastery from external control, and in 682 the King was so delighted at the success of St Peters, he gave Benedict more land in Jarrow and urged him to build a second monastery. |
lexicalization | eng: Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey |
instance of | (noun) a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon |
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has gloss | lav: Svētā Pētera baznīca , atrodas Sanderlendā, Vīras (Wear) upes ziemeļu krastā, Anglijas ziemeļaustrumos. Šī anglosakšu baznīca un viena no senākajām mūra baznīcām visā Lielbritānijā. Tā celta 674. gadā, no tā laika saglabājies ir tornis un rietumu siena. Baznīcu rotā vienas no senākajām vitrāžām Anglijā — tās 7. gs. darinājuši kontinentālās Eiropas meistari. Svētā Pētera baznīca atrodas UNESCO Pasaules Mantojumu sarakstā. |
lexicalization | lav: Svētā Pētera baznīca |
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has gloss | nld: Wearmouth-Jarrow Abbey was een Engels tweelingklooster gelegen aan de rivier de Wear bij Monkwearmouth (tegenwoordig onderdeel van de stad Sunderland) en bij Jarrow aan de Tyne, in het toenmalige koninkrijk Northumbrië, nu in de regio North East England. De twee kloosters waren zo nauw verbonden dat ze, ondanks het feit dat ze ruim elf kilometer uit het elkaar lagen, als één geheel werden gezien. De formele naam is The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow. Het belang van Wearmouth-Jarrow wordt weerspiegeld in de kandidatuur voor een plaats op de Werelderfgoedlijst van de UNESCO. |
lexicalization | nld: Wearmouth-Jarrow Abbey |
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media:img | Bede's World Jarrow.jpg |
media:img | Jarrow.jpg |
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media:img | St Peter's Church-Monkwearmouth.jpg |
media:img | St peters tower.jpg |
media:img | Stpauls jarrow.jpg |
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