Blackfriars, Leicester
Seal of St Clement's Priory and map of the Leicester Blackfriars site | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | St Clement's Priory, Leicester, Leicester Dominicans, ’Le Blak Frears in le Ashes’ |
| Order | Dominican Order |
| Established | 1247 |
| Disestablished | 10 November 1538 |
| Dedicated to | St Clement |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Simon de Montfort |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 52°38′13″N 1°08′40″W / 52.63695°N 1.144386°W |
| Visible remains | None |
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Blackfriars
Blackfriars
Map of central Leicester showing the location of the Priory (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.
Blackfriars Leicester, also known as St Clement's Church, Leicester and St Clement's Priory, Leicester, is a former priory of the Order of Preachers (also called Dominican Friars or Black Friars) in the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. It is also the name of a former civic parish, and a neighbourhood in the city built on and around the site of the old priory.