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==History== | ==History== | ||
File:England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael's Mount in 1900 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg]</ref> | [[File:England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael's Mount in 1900 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg]</ref>]] | ||
[[Saint Michael's Mount]] may have been the site of a monastery from the 8th to the early 11th centuries. Edward the Confessor gifted the site to the Benedictine order of [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V. Subsequently it ceased to be a priory, but was reduced to being a secular chapel which was given to the Abbess and Convent of Syon at Isleworth, Middlesex, in 1424. Thus ended its association with Mont St Michel, and any connection with Looe Island (dedicated to the Archangel Michael). It was a destination for pilgrims, whose devotions were encouraged by an indulgence granted by Pope Gregory in the 11th century. The earliest buildings on the summit, including a castle, date to the 12th century. | [[Saint Michael's Mount]] may have been the site of a monastery from the 8th to the early 11th centuries. Edward the Confessor gifted the site to the Benedictine order of [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V. Subsequently it ceased to be a priory, but was reduced to being a secular chapel which was given to the Abbess and Convent of Syon at Isleworth, Middlesex, in 1424. Thus ended its association with Mont St Michel, and any connection with Looe Island (dedicated to the Archangel Michael). It was a destination for pilgrims, whose devotions were encouraged by an indulgence granted by Pope Gregory in the 11th century. The earliest buildings on the summit, including a castle, date to the 12th century. | ||