Robert of Newminster | |
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![]() Relief at the pulpit in the former Cistercian Abbey at Baumgartenberg, Austria | |
Confessor | |
Born | c. 1100 Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 7 June 1159 Newminster Abbey, Morpeth, England |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Feast | 7 June |
Attributes | depicted as an abbot holding a church |
Robert of Newminster (c. 1100–1159) was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Gargrave in Yorkshire, England. He was one of the monks who founded Fountains Abbey and is named from the abbey he founded in Morpeth, Northumberland.