Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 [3] – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, …

Sep 18, 2023 · You’ll read about an enormous dog who protected a priest from an ambush, a tiger who shared his cave with persecuted Korean Christians, a dangerous wolf who was tamed by …

An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey. [1] In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and …

Melangell (Welsh: [me`laŋeɬ], Latin: Monacella, lit. 'little nun' [2]) was a Welsh hermit and abbess. She possibly lived in the 7th or 8th century, although the precise dates are uncertain.

Dec 8, 2022 · Gertrude was born around 628 AD and served as a Benedictine abbess (the female superior of a nun community). Gertrude and her mother founded the Abbey of Nivelles in …

ABBESS meaning: 1. a woman who is in charge of a convent 2. a woman who is in charge of a convent. Learn more.

The name Abbess appears for the first time in a sepulchral inscription of the year 514, found in 1901 on the site of an ancient convent of virgines sacræ which stood in Rome near the …

An Abbott is the head monk of a Monastery. An Abbess is his female counterpart, the head nun of a convent. An abbot is the male superior of an abbey or monastery, while an abbess is the …

Feb 28, 2022 · On Thursday, February 22, Prof. Andrew Irving (Ph.D. '12) visited the Medieval Institute to present his work on the Uta Codex, an eleventh-century gospel lectionary produced …

The opposite gender of cow is bull, the widow is a widower, the fox is a vixen, the baron is baroness, the bachelor is a spinster, the abbot is abbess, the gender is a goose, and so on.