The Bridgettine Order Its Foundress History And Spirit
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That was in 1406. Two Monks left Vadstena for England in 1408. Meanwhile Queen Phillipa's brother had succeeded her father as King of England, and he determined to establish a Monastery of the Bridgettine Order at Isleworth. He laid the foundation stone him- self on February 22nd, 1415, in the presence of a distinguished assembly, the Bishop of London being the presiding prelate. On May I3th, at the request of the King of England and the King and Queen of Sweden, four Nuns with three postulants... and two Monks left the enclosure of Vadstena to go to England. Pope Martin V. Confirmed the foundation of Syon by two Bulls issued at Genoa, August i8th, 1418 ; one is addressed to the King, the other to 36 THE STORY OF SYON 37 the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London and the Abbot of St. Albans. On April 2ist, 1420, the first English professions were made into the hands of Archbishop Chicheley of Canterbury, when twenty-seven Nuns, five Priests, two Deacons and four Lay-Brothers made their Solemn Profession, and from this date the corporate existence of Syon begins.
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