priory church of St Frideswide

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The Priory Church of St Frideswide was a medieval Augustinian religious house in Oxford dedicated to the city’s patron saint, which later became the core of Christ Church Cathedral.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian priory
medieval monastery
religious house
associatedWith Diocese of Oxford
University of Oxford
buildingType cathedral core
church
cityPatronOf Oxford
coreOf Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
country Kingdom of England
dedicatedTo Saint Frideswide
linked to: St Frideswide
dedication St Frideswide
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
dissolutionContext English Reformation
era Middle Ages
function priory church
hasPatronSaint Saint Frideswide
linked to: St Frideswide
heritage medieval ecclesiastical foundation
languageOfLiturgy Latin
laterBecame Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
locatedIn England
Oxford
Oxfordshire
partOf Christ Church, Oxford
religiousOrder Augustinian Canons
significance shrine of Oxford’s patron saint
status dissolved monastery
usedFor monastic worship
pilgrimage

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Christ Church Cathedral foundedAs priory church of St Frideswide
St Frideswide commemoratedBy St Frideswide’s Priory (medieval) in Oxford
linked to: priory church of St Frideswide
Christ Church Cathedral and College Chapel foundedAs priory church of St Frideswide