Essenbæk Abbey
Abbot Jonas of Essenbæk Abbey's, and thus probably also the abbey’s own, seal from 1490, representing the abbot and by his right side a praying person in monastic cowl.
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 Location within Denmark
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| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | Ca. 1140 |
| Disestablished | 1548 |
| Diocese | Aarhus |
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| Founder(s) | Stig Tokesen “Hvide” |
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| Location | Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark |
| Coordinates | 56°27′07″N 10°08′10″E / 56.451917°N 10.136028°ECoordinates: 56°27′07″N 10°08′10″E / 56.451917°N 10.136028°E |
| Visible remains | none |
| Public access | no |
Essenbæk Abbey (Essenbæk Kloster) was a Benedictine monastery located in Essenbæk Parish eight kilometers east of Randers og 1.7 kilometer north of Assentoft.
The monastery was established by Stig Tokesen ”Hvide”, who was killed in 1151, and was then perhaps a Cluniac double monastery in or by Randers. In 1179 it was modified, perhaps by its nuns getting Our Lady Abbey in the town, and was moved the next year to the east of the drumlin Holmen in Essenbæk Parish, after which it was named. It is said that Stig Tokesen ”Hvide” and his wife Margrethe were buried in the monastery’s church.
The Annals of Essenbæk, with historical notices regarding the years 1020-1323, seem to have been written in Essenbæk Abbey, which was the only monastery in Djursland until the 20th century.
In 1330 Stig Andersen "Hvide” bought for a farm in Egens burial places in the monastery’s church for his wife and he, and in 1369 he was buried there. Also the wife Tove Andersdatter was buried in the church.
September 28, 1403 the monastery was referred to as “Saint Lawrence’s monastery in Æssumbæk of the order of Saint Benedict”, and some of the monastery’s income was from pilgrims who Saint John’s Eve went on pilgrimage to the Well of Saint Lawrence (Sankt Laurseskilde) below Assentoft.
In 1431 the pope challenged the monastery’s monks by letting the bishop of Viborg examine the by them elected abbot’s qualifications, before the bishop ordained the abbot as such.
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