The Henson Journals

Joseph Leycester Lyne

Joseph Lyne [Fr Ignatius] (1837-1908), Anglican Benedictine monk, who sought to reintroduce monasticism into the Church of England; purchased land and founded Llanthony abbey, near Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains. In 1911, the abbey was acquired by the monks of Caldey Island, and subsequently by the sculptor and typographer, Eric Gill.

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