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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. Abbot - Origins. The title had its origin in the monasteries of Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery. Originally, the word, meaning father, was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palatinus ('of the palace') and Abbas castrensis ('of t ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Prince-abbot An abbey-principality is an area that is ruled by the head of an abbey. The ruler of an abbey-principality is a prince-abbot or a princess-abbess. In an abbey-principality, the head of the city's abbey is automatically the ruler. The designated abbey may be a monastery or a convent. Thus, because of the possibility of it being a convent, an abbey-principality is one of the only cases in which the rule can be restricted to female incumbents. There was a fairly even number of prince-abbots and princess-abesses.

Abbot: Encyclopedia II - Abbot - Protestantism

In the German Evangelical Church the title of abbot (Abt) is sometimes bestowed, like abbé, as an honorary distinction, and sometimes survives to designate the heads of monasteries converted at the Reformation into collegiate foundations. Of these the most noteworthy is the abbey of Lokkum in Hanover, founded as a Cistercian house in 1163 by Count Wilbrand of Hallermund, and reformed in 1593. The abbot of Lokkum, who still carries a pastoral staff, takes precedence of all the clergy of Hanover, and is ex officio a member of the consistory of the kingdom. The governing body of the abbey consists of abbot, prior and the "co ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. Westminster Abbey - History. According to tradition, a shrine was first founded in 616 on the present site, then known as Thorney Island; it was said to have been miraculously consecrated after ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Bernard of Clairvaux

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Fontaines, near Dijon, 1090 – August 21, 1153 in Clairvaux) was a French abbot and theologian who was the main voice of conservatism during the intellectual revival of Western Europe called the Renaissance of the 12th century. The voice of conscience, the dominating figure in the Christian church from 1125 to 1153 (Cantor 1993), he was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1830. Bernard is a saint of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches and was the ...

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Bernard of Clairvaux - The schism of 1130–1138

Abbot: Encyclopedia - Catholic church hierarchy

In its application to the Catholic Church, the term hierarchy originally referred to the "holy ordering" of the entire People of God. It is now almost exclusively used to refer to the holy ordering of the clergy of the church, those who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders. All churches that adopt a "catholic principle" of ecclesial order—Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, etc.—acknowledge a threefold hierarchical order which was divinely inspired and therefore a permanent structural feature of the church: Bishops ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Archimandrite

Archimandrite (Greek: ἀρχιμανδρίτης — archimandrites) is a title in the Eastern Orthodox Church for a superior abbot who has the supervision of several abbots and monasteries appointed by a bishop. The title has been in use since the 5th century, with some evidence of the 4th century usage. When the monastic supervision was passed to another episcopal official, Great Sakellarios ("sacristan"), the title of archimandrite became a honorary one for abbots of important monasteri ...

Abbot: Encyclopedia - 704

Events Justinian II re-takes the throne of the Byzantine Empire Cenred succeeds to the throne of Mercia after his uncle Aethelred abdicates to become abbot of Bardney Births Deaths Adamnan, abbot of Iona (b. 625) Category: 704 ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Candrakirti

Candrakīrti (born approx. 600 C.E., Tib. Dawa Drakpa) was abbot of Nalanda University and a disciple of Nāgārjuna and a commentator on his works. Candrakīrti was the most famous member of the Prasaṅgika school of Madhyamaka. Other related archivesMadhyamaka, Nalanda, Nāgārjuna, abbot

Abbot: Encyclopedia - 625

Events October 27 - Pope Boniface V succeeded by Pope Honorius I. Births Adamnan, abbot of Iona Empress Wu Zetian of China Deaths October 25 - Pope Boniface V Category: 625 ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Abbess

An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. The mode of election, position, rights and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. The office is elective, the choice being by the secret votes of the sisters from their own body. The abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal benediction, together with the conferring of a staff and pectoral cross, and holds for life, though liable to be deprived ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Kosa

Kōsa was the Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Honganji, cathedral fortress of the Ikko-ikki, during its siege at the end of the Sengoku Period. He engineered many alliances, and organized the defenses of the cathedral to the point that most at the time considered Ishiyama Honganji to be unbreachable. In 1570, Takeda Shingen, a relative of Kosa through marriage, faced not one but three major rivals: Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Uesugi Kenshin. He asked the Abbot for aid, and Kōsa persuaded the Ikkō sectarians (also called Monto) ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Buskin

Buskin is a sort of knee- or calf- length boot made of leather or cloth. It laces closed, but is open across the toes. Worn by hunters and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman societies. It is also the name of a torturing device used in the Middle Ages. See Boot (torture). In the Roman Catholic Church, the use of buskins have been limited to use by the pope, cardinals, bishops, and abbots. The buskins, made of silk, is colored black for abbots, purple for bishops, scarlet for cardinals, and white for the pope, and is w

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - 988

Events Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II and converts to Christianity. Baptism of Kievan Rus'. Abbo becomes abbot at Fleury Births Adhemar de Chabannes Deaths May 19 - Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909) Category: 988 ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - 790

790 - Events. A revolt against Empress Irene leads to Constantine VI being declared sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Alcuin returns to England. Angilbert is made abbot of Saint-Riquier. 790 - Births. 790 - Deaths. Category: 790 ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - Ælfric

Ælfric, called Grammaticus (the "Grammarian") (c. 955-1020?), was an English abbot and author. He was educated in the Benedictine monastery at Winchester under Æthelwold, who was bishop there from 963 to 984. Æthelwold had carried on the tradition of Dunstan in his government of the abbey of Abingdon, England, and at Winchester he continued his strenuous efforts. He seems to hav ...

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Abbot: Encyclopedia - 1078

1078 - Events. The Romanesque church begun at Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain Anselm of Canterbury becomes abbot of the Abbey of Bec William the Conqueror ordered the White Tower to be built 1078 - Births. Alexander I., king of Scotland († 1124) 1078 - Deaths. Category: 1078 ...