Abram

Title

Abram

Also Known As

Abrǎmuț, Abraam, Abraham, Érábrány, Felsöabrany, Habram, Molnosabran, Monostorabran, Monostorosábraham

Dates

Founded by ca. 1235; dissolved 16th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Monostorpályi; later Louka

Medieval Diocese

Oradea Mare

Circary

Hungary

History

The priory of Abram was founded by 1235. It was under the patronage of the Gutkeled kindred. Abram was likely destroyed by Ottoman forces in the 16th century.

The surviving church on the site dates to the 13th/14th centuries, and was used as a Protestant parish church from the 17th century until the 1930s. Today it is disused.

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Crișan, Ioan. “Sondajul arheologic de la Abram, județul Bihor.” Crisia 30 (2000): 151–61. https://biblioteca-digitala.ro/?volum=278-crisia--xxx-2000.
Institutul Național al Patrimoniului. “Situl arheologic de la Abram - Biserica reformată.” Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional, 2024. https://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?codran=27089.01.

Image Credit

Church exterior, ca. 2010. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Hungary

Citation

“Abram,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/228.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Monostorpályi