Fogo Priory

Fogo Priory

Monastery information
Full name	Priory of St Nicholas of Fogo
Established	1253 x 1297
Mother house	Kelso Abbey (dependency)
Dedicated to	Saint Nicholas
Diocese	Diocese of St Andrews
People
Founder(s)	Patrick Corbet
Site
Location	Fogo, Scottish Borders (Berwickshire), Scotland

Fogo Priory was the a Tironensian monastic community in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey in order to establish a cell there. Only two of the priors of Fogo are known.

Bibliography

• Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 67
• Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 83

See also

• Fogo, Scottish Borders
• Prior of Fogo
• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland