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Fogo Priory

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Established
  
1253 x 1297

Diocese
  
Archdiocese of St Andrews

Founder(s)
  
Patrick Corbet

Dedicated to
  
Saint Nicholas

Fogo Priory

Full name
  
Priory of St Nicholas of Fogo

Mother house
  
Kelso Abbey (dependency)

Location
  
Fogo, Scottish Borders (Berwickshire), Scotland

Fogo Priory was the a Tironensian monastic community in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, dedicated to St Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey in order to establish a cell there. Only two of the priors of Fogo are known.

References

Fogo Priory Wikipedia