Bellapais Abbey near Kyrenia was built in the Lusignan period for canons of which order?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The Premonstratensian canons
- Step 1: The abbey was founded in the early thirteenth century and the Gothic buildings date mostly from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Step 2. It was occupied by Premonstratensian canons, known as the 'white abbey'. Answer: The Premonstratensian canons. Why not the others: The Cistercian monks of Clairvaux: Cistercian monks are known for other abbeys such as Cîteaux. The Benedictine monks of Monte Cassino: Benedictine monks did not hold Bellapais. The Dominican friars of Nicosia: The Dominicans were friars with houses in towns.
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