- 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)...
-
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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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...
- 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...
- Glodesind,
abbess in Metz (died c. 600) Burgundofara,
abbess of
Moutiers (died 645) Sadalberga,
abbess of Laon (died 670) Rictrude,
founding abbess of Marchiennes...
- scholar, and
abbess. Héloïse was a
renowned "woman of letters" and
philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an
eventual high-ranking
abbess in the Catholic...
- as
Saint Hildegard and the
Sibyl of the Rhine, was a
German Benedictine abbess and
polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary...
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abbess and
founder of the
community From 1603 the
abbesses held the
title of "
Abbess of
Rupertsberg and Eibingen".
Kunigunde Frey von Dehrn,
abbess around...
- prince-bishops. They
ranked higher than the
imperial abbots and
imperial abbesses who
although they were also immediate, held only two
collective votes in...
-
notable abbesses including several saints,
former queens and the
daughters of kings. The
abbess of
Barking held
precedence over all
other abbesses in England...
