Pilis Abbey
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File:Pilisszentkereszt légifotó.jpgPilis Abbey ({{langx|hu|pilisi apátság}}) was a Cistercian monastery in the Pilis Hills in the Kingdom of Hungary.{{sfn|Hervay|Marosi|1994|p=546}} It was founded in 1184 by monks who came from Acey Abbey in France at the invitation of Béla III of Hungary.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=81}}{{sfn|Berend|Urbańczyk|Wiszewski|2013|p=359}} It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.{{sfn|Hervay|Marosi|1994|p=546}}
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- {{cite book |last1=Berend |first1=Nora |last2=Urbańczyk |first2=Przemysław |last3=Wiszewski |first3=Przemysław |year=2013 |title=Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c. 900-c. 1300 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-78156-5 }}
- {{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |year=2001 |title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher= I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=1-86064-061-3}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hervay |first1=Ferenc Levente |last2=Marosi |first2=Ernő |editor1-last=Kristó |editor1-first=Gyula |editor2-last=Engel |editor2-first=Pál |editor3-last=Makk |editor3-first=Ferenc | title=Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |year=1994 |page=546 |chapter=Pilis 3. |isbn=963-05-6722-9|language=hu}}
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Category:Cistercian monasteries in Hungary
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