Summary Page: Former House

Name: Ciudad Rodrigo, S. Maria de la Caridad

Circary at the Time: Hispania

Years of Activity: 1165/68-1805

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Monasticon Praemonstratense (III, 253)

Approximate modern location: One hour distant from Ciudad Rodrigo toward the south, Prov. de Salamanca, Spain.  

Elm-Number [See below]: 235*

Other Comments: Known locally simply as "La Caridad", much of the cloister as well as all of the Abbey Church survives intact. 

* This listing (and the numbers, with a few adjustments after 1995) is based on the map contained in Kaspar Elm's Norbert von Xanten: Adliger, Ordensstifter, Kirchenfürst, Wienand Verlag, Köln, 1984, page 328-329.