Robert of Newminster


Robert of Newminster
Relief at the pulpit in the former Cistercian Abbey at Baumgartenberg, Austria
Confessor
Bornc. 1100
Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died7 June 1159
Newminster Abbey, Morpeth, England
Venerated inCatholic Church
Feast7 June
Attributesdepicted as an abbot holding a church

Robert of Newminster (c. 1100–1159) was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Gargrave in Yorkshire, England. He was one of the monks who founded Fountains Abbey and is named from the abbey he founded in Morpeth, Northumberland.