Deer Abbey

Deer Abbey
Monastery information
OrderCistercian
Established1219
Disestablished1587
Mother houseKinloss Abbey
DioceseDiocese of Aberdeen
Controlled churchesDeer; Foveran; Kinedward; Peterugie
People
Founder(s)William Comyn, Earl of Buchan

Deer Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Buchan, Scotland.[1] It was founded by 1219 under the patronage William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan,[2] who is also buried there.

  1. ^ I.B. Cowan, 1976
  2. ^ D.E.R. Watt, 2001