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See full prices and opening timesA new exhibition trail highlighting one of the world’s most fascinating saints has opened up at Rievaulx Abbey.
Through a series of information panels Friendship, Leadership and Sainthood explores the life and times of Aelred, a 12th century abbot and saint from Rievaulx Abbey who has become an unlikely LGBTQ+ icon. The exhibition trail, which opened in 2021, looks at the twenty years that he spent at the abbey, his sainthood and modern role. An inspirational leader and writer, his influence resonates through the centuries with many of his works, especially those on friendship, still read today by people of all faiths and none.
The exhibition trail, which will be in place until the end of 2022, is free of charge and separate information leaflets are available.
The life of Aelred of Rievaulx
Walter Espec, lord of Helmsley, builds temporary timber structures for the first monks sent from Clairvaux in France.
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William, the first abbot, begins work on the first stone buildings.