- 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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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...
- 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...
-
March 1869 – 8 June 1949) was a
German Benedictine. She was the
reigning abbess of
Nonnberg in
Salzburg from 1921
until her
death in 1949.
During her reign...
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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...
- prince-bishops. They
ranked higher than the
imperial abbots and
imperial abbesses who
although they were also immediate, held only two
collective votes in...
-
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
garden without permission. The
Mother Abbess joins her in song ("My
Favorite Things"). The
Mother Abbess tells her that she
should spend some time...
- 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...
