Pilis Abbey

Pilis Abbey (Hungarian: pilisi apátság) was a Cistercian monastery in the Pilis Hills in the Kingdom of Hungary.[1] Monks who came from the Acey Abbey upon Béla III of Hungary's initiation founded it in 1184.[2][3] It was dedicated to Virgin Mary.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hervay & Marosi 1994, p. 546.
  2. ↑ Engel 2001, p. 81.
  3. ↑ Berend, Urbańczyk & Wiszewski 2013, p. 359.

Sources

  • Berend, Nora; Urbańczyk, Przemysław; Wiszewski, Przemysław (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c. 900-c. 1300. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-78156-5. 
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3. 
  • Hervay, Ferenc Levente; Marosi, Ernő (1994). "Pilis 3.". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 546. ISBN 963-05-6722-9. 

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