Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century. The remaining walls of the abbey lie adjacent to the palace, at the eastern end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The site of the abbey is protected as a scheduled
Scots Monastery, Regensburg Fr James Dalrymple and seen as of great importance as a Scots language text. Scots Monastery, Regensburg The Scots Monastery (in German "Schottenkirche", "Schottenkloster" or "Schottenstift") is the former Benedictine Abbey of St James ("Jakobskirche") in Regensburg, Germany. It was founded in the 11th century by Irish missionaries and for most of its history was in the hands of first Irish, then Scottish monks. In Middle Latin, "Scotti" meant Gaels, not differentiating Ireland from Scotland, so that the term "Schottenstift" already dates from the Irish period. The full official name of the actual church, the most prominent building within the