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Saul Monastery
54.3434° N, -5.6797° E
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Saul Monastery is a former Christian monastery located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is traditionally associated with the 5th-century Saint Patrick, who is said to have founded it shortly after arriving in Ireland, and having died there at the end of his missionary work.
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Death of Saint Patrick
17 March 465
Founding by Saint Patrick
AD 432
Mention in Annals
1011
Stone church burned
1020
Refoundation as Augustinian priory
after 1130
Plunder by Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn
1164
Expulsion of monks
1170
Discovery of saints' remains
1289 or 1293
Destruction by Edward Bruce
1318
Statute restricting admissions
1380
Dissolution grant
1542
Present church opened
All Saint's Day 1933
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