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Kirkjubæjar Abbey
Kirkjubæjar Abbey (Icelandic: ''Kirkjubæjarklaustur''), in operation from 1186 until the reformation, was a monastery in Iceland of nuns of the Order of St. Benedict. It was located at Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Iceland had nine religious communities before the Reformation, two of which were monasteries of nuns, of which this is the first and oldest.
In contrast to the other women's monastery in Iceland, Reynistaðarklaustur (1295-1563), which was placed under the authority of the Bishop of Hólar, at Kirkjubæjar Abbey the Abbess was left in full authority over the community, free of episcopal oversight.
==The abbey in Icelandic folklore==
The place names of ''Systrafoss'' (the waterfall of the Sisters) and of Lake ''Systravatn'' in the mountains above the village refer to this cloister. Folk tales illustrate history with stories about both good and sinful nuns. The ''Systrastapi'' (Sister's rock) is where two nuns of the Abbey were buried after being burned at the stake. One of the nuns was accused of selling her soul to the Devil, carrying the Blessed Sacrament outside the church, and having carnal knowledge with men. The other was charged with speaking blasphemously of the Pope. After the Reformation, the latter nun was vindicated, and flowers are said to bloom on her grave, but not that of the first nun. This is said to have occurred in 1343.
Systravatn also has a legend related to the cloister. The nuns traditionally bathed in the lake, and one day two nuns saw a hand with a gold ring extending from the water. When they tried to seize the ring, they were dragged below the water and drowned.
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