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Hace 5 días · In this anthology, the abbey of Fontevraud offers itself as a special “case.”. The statutes given to it by its founder, Robert d’Arbrissel, stipulate that the order will be led by a woman ...
Hace 2 días · 10 Kal. Aug. St. Peter's Rome. (f. 233.) To the prior of Coventry. Mandate to summon those concerned, and to confirm the election of Rose de Everhusen, nun of Nuneton, in the diocese of Lichfield, of the order of Fontevraud, made on the death of Margaret, prioress belonging, by monastery; the election of prior and prioress belonging, by ancient custom, to the convent, and its confirmation ...
Hace 1 día · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
Hace 2 días · Her persevering practice of obedience, simplicity, charity and hospitality was especially visible. In her desire to belong completely to the Lord, this Benedictine Abbess was able to bring together rare human gifts, keen intelligence, and an ability to penetrate heavenly realities.”
Hace 5 días · This abbey of Cistercian nuns was founded by Isabel, widow of Hugh de Albini, earl of Arundel. It was dedicated to the honour of the Blessed Virgin, St. Barbara, and St. Edmund, on 27 January, 1249, by Richard, bishop of Chichester. The original endowment was the lands of the foundress at Marham, together with the manor and all its services ...
Hace 4 días · In 1520 the house consisted of the abbess, fourteen nuns, and a lay sister. Mention is also made of three junior nuns, whose names are not given. The income of the house was more than 400 marks. There was nothing more seriously amiss than that the elder nuns refused to sing as the precentrix directed.
Hace 4 días · Through the eyes of her Catholic faith, the abbess sees in the preservation of Sister Wilhelmina’s body that same message. “Heaven is real. The resurrection is real, especially during these times in the Church and in the world,” she said. “Have hope,” she implored. “God is still there. He still hears our prayers. He still listens.
