Leicester Austin Friars
An image of a medieval funeral procession in Leicester involving Friars from four different mendicant orders including the Austin Friars, as well as the Greyfriars, the Blackfriars, some Whitefriars (an order not present in Leicester), and a group of lay mourners. The church depicted is the now demolished St Sepulchre outside the southern wall of old Leicester (now Leicester Royal Infirmary). | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | St Katherine’s Priory |
| Order | Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine |
| Established | 1254 |
| Disestablished | November 10th, 1538 |
| Dedicated to | St Katherine |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| People | |
| Important associated figures | Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 52°38′00″N 1°08′40″W / 52.633362°N 1.144428°W |
| Visible remains | None |
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Austin Friars
Map of central Leicester showing the location of the Austin Friars (marked in green) among the key sites of Leicester Old Town. The Roman and medieval walls are marked by the dotted line. The churches are marked in red, the monasteries in black, secular buildings in blue, and the one surviving Roman ruin in purple.
Leicester Austin Friars or St. Katherine’s Priory, Leicester is a former Priory of Augustinian Hermit Friars in Leicester, England.