During the abbacy of Elsinus, England was invaded by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

"Thou givest the abbacy to him above us all," said Brenainn.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference

During his abbacy great complaints were made of the conduct of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

At the time of the conversion of the abbacy into a bishopric, when the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ely Cathedral] Reference

Commenced negociations for the conversion of the abbacy into a bishoprick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ely Cathedral] Reference

The abbacy falling vacant, he was raised against his will to that dignity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

It may be added, that when Beaton was translated to Glasgow in 1551, the abbacy of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference

The first year of his abbacy (1121) had been marked by the death in the monastery of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference

Robert Ramsey succeeded to the abbacy in 1346, but of him nothing particular is recorded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

Certainly in the four years of my abbacy here I have found no fault in your true service.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confession of Brother Haluin]

St. Cadoc flourished in the beginning of the sixth century, and was succeeded in the abbacy of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

Peter and Paul, near that city, which abbacy he resigned to St. Adrian upon his arrival in England.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

He was succeeded in the abbacy of Condate by Minaucius, who, in 480, chose St. Eugendus his coadjutor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

Therefore I now regard my abbacy as suspended, until or unless the legatine council confirms me in office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monk's Hood]

Norman abbot, Theodwin, refused to accept the abbacy until the king would restore what had been taken away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference

His abbacy was, therefore, held in troubled times; and in the midst of fresh invasions and Danish cruelties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference

How dared such a thing happen in his cure, in his newly acquired abbacy and through the instrument of his gift?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monk's Hood]

That event happened during the abbacy of Frederic, and was one which greatly influenced the learning of the monks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference

This Mochuda assented to and Fuadhran governed the monastic city for twenty years as Ciaran's successor in the abbacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore] Reference

Richard when he became very old and infirm, that he was elected to the abbacy on the death of Richard of London in 1295.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference

But he was ignominiously expelled in four days, and was permitted, upon paying a large sum of money to the king, to resume his abbacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference

His other gifts and entertainments were sumptuous and large, and the sum of money which he expended during his abbacy was £3646 4s. 3d.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

A large part of the present building was constructed during the abbacy of William Parker, last Abbot of Gloucester, around the year 1520.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prinknash Abbey] Reference

For the subsequent history, up to the abbacy of Thomas de la.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey] Reference

The charters should be surrendered till the popular claimant of the abbacy should confirm them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stray Studies from England and Italy] Reference

Bangor (§ 12); and in 1134 Murtough designated Niall as his successor in the abbacy of Armagh (§ 22).    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh] Reference

St. Bernard, however, seems to have been mistaken in supposing that Malachy resigned the abbacy on his consecration.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh] Reference

When Malachy secured possession of the see (5) he remained long enough in Armagh to establish himself in the abbacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh] Reference

Niall than he had been of Murtough; but it is not likely that he entirely discouraged his attempts to seize the abbacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh] Reference

IV, who made him the gift of the abbacy of Subiaco, and sent him in the capacity of ambassador to the kings of Aragon and Portugal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Borgias Celebrated Crimes] Reference