Reading Abbey

Summary

Reading Abbey is an abbey^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Reading Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• Reading Abbey is located in Reading^[4].
• Reading Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Reading Abbey is in the country of Kingdom of England^[6].
• Reading Abbey's image is recorded as Reading Abbey interior.jpg^[7].
• Reading Abbey's instance of is recorded as abbey^[8].
• Reading Abbey's instance of is recorded as church ruin^[9].
• Reading Abbey's founder is recorded as Henry I of England^[10].
• Reading Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Norman architecture^[11].
• Reading Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126045487^[12].
• Reading Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139637930^[13].
• Reading Abbey's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86060811^[14].
• Reading Abbey's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 178617796^[15].
• Reading Abbey's IdRef ID is recorded as 028622642^[16].
• Reading Abbey's location is recorded as Reading^[17].
• Reading Abbey's part of is recorded as Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork^[18].
• Reading Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Reading Abbey^[19].
• Reading Abbey's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36013905^[20].
• Reading Abbey's has part is recorded as Abbey Gateway^[21].
• Reading Abbey's has part is recorded as Hospitium of St John the Baptist^[22].
• Reading Abbey's has part is recorded as Abbey Mill^[23].
• +1101-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Reading Abbey^[24].
• Reading Abbey was dissolved in +1538-01-01T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Reading Abbey's OS grid reference is recorded as SU7200273549^[26].
• Reading Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.456347, 'lon': -0.965086}^[27].

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Founding

Reading Abbey's founder is recorded as Henry I of England^[10]. +1101-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[24].

Identity

Reading Abbey's part of is recorded as it: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork^[18].

Dissolution

Reading Abbey was dissolved in +1538-01-01T00:00:00Z^[25].

Why It Matters

Reading Abbey ranks in the top 4% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]