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1. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › bedsHouses of Benedictine nuns: The abbey of Elstow | British ...

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   3 days ago · The story of Abbess Mabel and the sword of St. Paul shows a right and wholesome interest in the affairs of the church and the world, such as any good religious might take under the common interpretation of the rule of St. Benedict; but as time went on this interest became excessive, and was attended by an inevitable laxity of discipline.

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3. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › dorsetHouse of Benedictine nuns: The abbey of Shaftesbury

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   3 days ago · HOUSE OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 7. THE ABBEY OF SHAFTESBURY. The Benedictine nunnery of Shaftesbury is generally, though not universally, ascribed to the foundation of Alfred the Great about the year 888; the king, by his charter in honour of God the Blessed Virgin and all the saints, conferring on the nunnery, over which his daughter Elfgiva, Æthelgeofu or Algiva, presided as abbess, 100 hides of ...

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   1 day ago · The taxation of 1291 valued the temporalities of the Abbey of Wherwell at the very considerable sum of £201 18s. 5½d.; and, in addition to this, the abbess received pensions of £1 10s. from the church of Wallop and £1 6s. 8d. from the church of Berton.

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   May 25, 2024 · Another exceptional spirit, whose sentimental adventures sometimes make us forget her wisdom, was Heloise (around 1092-1164), a clairvoyant abbess who ensured Paraclet in Champagne had 35 years of ...

6. www.britannica.com › biography › Maria-de-AgredaMaría de Agreda | Mystic, Nun, Author | Britannica

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   May 20, 2024 · María de Agreda was an abbess and mystic. In 1620 she took her vows as a Franciscan nun and in 1627 became abbess of a Franciscan monastery in Agreda, retaining this office, except for a brief period, until her death. Her virtues and holy life were universally acknowledged, but controversy arose.

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7. www.vaticannews.va › 12 › 24St. Irma, Abbess - Information on the Saint of the Day ...

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   May 24, 2024 · See Vatican News to discover the life-story and message of St. Irma, Abbess, the Saint of the Day 24 december

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   Why was the abbess summoned?

   • As regards the charges on the house, the abbess was summoned by writ to furnish soldiers for the field in proportion to the number of her fees; (fn. 70) the summons to Parliament, to which by tenure she was entitled, was omitted on the ground of her sex.

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   What is the role of the abbess in a convent?

   • In the conventual hierarchy, the historian continues, the function of the abbess and the prerogatives attached to her role is the prerogative of women of “high society,” “a matter for great ladies, family daughters, queens and princesses who bring sometimes considerable dowries to the convent.”

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   When did the abbess Maud die?

   • The Abbess Maud died on 24 January, 1518; the convent obtained the congè d'ètre on 3 February. In a letter of Bishop Fox to Wolsey, dated 15 February, he thanks the Cardinal for expediting the king's letters for a free election of a new Abbess of Wherwell.

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   Who is Fidelma de Kildare?

   • She has the beautiful name of Fidelma de Kildare. Born out of the imagination of novelist Peter Tremayne, this seventh-century Celtic nun shines with her intelligence and skills in civil and criminal law. It is a wisdom that has enabled her to solve many police cases.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gloucester_CathedralGloucester Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster, Gloucester Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter and founded by Osric, King of the Hwicce ...