- 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)...
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birth and
permitted her to hold any
monastic office,
including that of
abbess. The do****ent also
mentions that Alžběta was ill and was born when her father...
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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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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...
- 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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authority of the
Abbess of Fontevraud. The
Abbey of
Fontevraud itself consisted of four
separate communities, all
managed by the same
abbess. The
first permanent...
- Mary were sent to
Romsey Abbey, near Southampton, in 1086 when she was
abbess.
Cristina came to the
Kingdom of
England with her
family in 1057, from Hungary...
- Glodesind,
abbess in Metz (died c. 600) Burgundofara,
abbess of
Moutiers (died 645) Sadalberga,
abbess of Laon (died 670) Rictrude,
founding abbess of Marchiennes...
- by 893 when ****er was writing.
Alfred appointed Æthelgifu as its
first abbess and she was
joined by "many
other noble nuns".
Alfred granted the abbey...
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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...
