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[[File:Bazilika Svatého Jiří - vstup.jpg|thumb|right|The convent building, attached to the left of the red-colored Basilica of St. George]]▼
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[[File:Prague Castle St George.JPG|thumb|right|Overview of St. George's monastery]]▼
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The '''Convent of Saint George''' was a convent of [[Benedictines|Benedictine nuns]] located in [[Prague Castle]] in [[Bohemia]] (now the [[Czech Republic]]) between 973 and 1782. ▼
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▲[[File:Bazilika| Svatéhoimage_alt Jiří= - vstup.jpg|thumb|right|The conventabbey building, attached to the left of the red-colored Basilica of St. George]]
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| location = [[Prague Castle]]
| address = Hradčany, [[Prague 1]], 119 08
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▲[[File:Prague Castle St George.JPG|thumb|right|Overview of St. George's monasteryConvent]]
▲The '''Convent of SaintSt. George's Convent''' ({{lang-cs|klášter svatého Jiří}}) was a conventcommunity of [[Benedictines|Benedictine nuns]] located in [[Prague Castle]] in [[Bohemia]] (now the [[Czech Republic]]) between 973 and 1782.
 
Founded in 973,<ref>[http{{cite web |title=St. George's Basilica|url=https://www.hrad.cz/en/prague-castle-for-visitors/guidepostobjects-for-visitors/st.-georges-basilica-and-convent.shtml "St. George's Basilica and convent"]. www.-10333|website=hrad.cz Retrieved January 1, 2011.|access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref> the conventabbey was next to the seat of ecclesiastical and state power in Bohemia and occasionally the entire [[Holy Roman Empire]], and played an important historical role. During Althoughthe noMiddle longer activeAges, the convent's buildingwas andone of the attachedrichest in the [[StCrown of Bohemia]]. George'sAround Basilica1400, Prague|Bascilicaabout dedicated50 tonuns Saint(including Georgethose still before their [[Religious profession|profession]]) stilllived existin the abbey.<ref Thename="Elzka">{{cite buildingbook of|last1=Pacovský the|first1=Karel convent|editor1-last=Zouhar housed|editor1-first=Jakub |title=Monastic libraries in East Central and Eastern Europe between the [[NationalMiddle GalleryAges inand the Enlightenment Prague|Czechdate=2020 National|publisher=Moravská Gallery]]'szemská collectionknihovna of|location=Brno 19th|isbn=978-80-century7422-786-8 Bohemian|page=149 art| for a long time.<ref>[httpurl=https://www.hradacademia.czedu/en44862173/prague-castle/guidepost-for-visitors/st-georges-convent-collection-of-19th-century-art-in-bohemia.shtmlElzka_legit_et_relegit_A_Benedictine_Nun_in_Early_Fifteenth_Century_Prague_as_a_Reader_and_a_Librarian St.|chapter=Elzka George'slegit et Conventrelegit: CollectionA ofBenedictine 19th-century ArtNun in Bohemia]Early www.hrad.czFifteenth-Century RetrievedPrague Januaryas 1,a 2011.</ref> Currently, it is emptyReader and waits for a renovation.Librarian}}</ref>
 
Although no longer active, the nunnery's building and the attached [[St. George's Basilica, Prague|Basilica dedicated to Saint George]] still exist. The abbey building housed the [[National Gallery in Prague|Czech National Gallery]]'s collection of 19th-century Bohemian art for a long time.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hrad.cz/en/prague-castle/guidepost-for-visitors/st-georges-convent-collection-of-19th-century-art-in-bohemia.shtml | title = St. George's Convent: Collection of 19th-century Art in Bohemia | work = hrad.cz |access-date = 2011-01-01}}</ref> Currently, it is empty and is waiting for a renovation.
 
The abbess of this nunnery had the unusual privilege of crowning the Queen consort of Bohemia, inherited in 1782 by the Princess-Abbess of the [[Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies]].<ref name="coronations">{{cite journal |last1=Pacovský |first1=Karel |title=Úloha svatojiřských abatyší při korunovacích českých královen |journal=Folia Historica Bohemica |date=2017 |volume=32 |issue=1–2 |pages=151–178 |url=https://www.academia.edu/38173978 |trans-title=The Role of St. George's Abbesses in Coronations of Bohemian Queens |language=Czech}}</ref>
 
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