Origin from 1119
Scheyern Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Scheyern, Bavaria, Germany, first founded around 1077 by Countess Haziga of Aragon at nearby Bayrischzell and relocated to its present site in 1119 by the counts of Scheyern, ancestors of the House of Wittelsbach. The abbey served as a Wittelsbach family burial site until 1253 and has held a relic of the True Cross since 1180. It was dissolved during Bavarian secularization in 1803 and re-established in 1838 under King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Today it is an active monastery and pilgrimage site dedicated to the Holy Cross and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and it also operates a vocational training school founded in 1976 and a Byzantine Institute specializing in the study of Saint John of Damascus.
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PilgrimageMajor pilgrimage destination today 1 Origins
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1. Scheyern Abbey (Wikipedia)
- article states the abbey holds a relic of the True Cross and 'is still today a place of pilgrimage for this reason'
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Category:1119 establishments in Europe
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