Monastery information | |
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Other names | St Clement's Priory, Leicester, Leicester Dominicans, ’Le Blak Frears in le Ashes’ |
Order | Dominican Order |
Established | 1247 |
Disestablished | 10 November 1538 |
Dedicated to | St Clement |
Diocese | Lincoln |
People | |
Founder(s) | Simon de Montfort |
Site | |
Coordinates | 52°38′13″N 1°08′40″W / 52.63695°N 1.144386°W |
Visible remains | None |
Blackfriars Leicester, also known as St Clement's Church, Leicester and St Clement's Priory, Leicester, is a former priory of the Order of Preachers (also called Dominican Friars or Black Friars) in the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. It is also the name of a former civic parish, and a neighbourhood in the city built on and around the site of the old priory.