- An
abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the
female superior of a
community of nuns in an abbey. In the
Catholic Church (both the
Latin Church and
Eastern Catholic)...
- The
Abbess: A
Romance is a
gothic novel by
William Henry Ireland first published in 1799. The text was
modelled upon
Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796). The...
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garden without permission. The
Mother Abbess joins her in song ("My
Favorite Things"). The
Mother Abbess tells her that she
should spend some time...
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Shane Abbess is an
Australian filmmaker best
known for
making the
movies Gabriel and Infini. For a time he was
attached to
direct Source Code and The Dark...
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Wivina (1103–1168) was a
Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she
refused all
offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a
hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden...
- Glodesind,
abbess in Metz (died c. 600) Burgundofara,
abbess of
Moutiers (died 645) Sadalberga,
abbess of Laon (died 670) Rictrude,
founding abbess of Marchiennes...
- Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 – 17
March 659) was a seventh-century
abbess who, with her
mother Itta,
founded the
Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium...
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September 1179), also
known as the
Sibyl of the Rhine, was a
German Benedictine abbess and
polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary...
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notable abbesses including several saints,
former queens and the
daughters of kings. The
abbess of
Barking held
precedence over all
other abbesses in England...
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Beatrix von Franken; 1037 – 13 July 1061), was
Abbess of
Gandersheim Abbey from 1043 and Princess-
Abbess of
Quedlinburg Abbey from 1044
until her death...
