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A '''nun''' (from the [[Latin]] ''nonna'' being a female version of ''nonnus'' meaning ''[[monk]]'') was the female equivalent of a [[monk]]. Nuns lived in [[convent]] and followed a [[religious]] life under the authority of an [[abbess]] or [[prioress]]. |
A '''nun''' (from the [[Latin]] ''nonna'' being a female version of ''nonnus'' meaning ''[[monk]]'') was the female equivalent of a [[monk]]. Nuns lived in [[convent]]s and followed a [[religious]] life under the authority of an [[abbess]] or [[prioress]]. |
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===[[Medieval]] Orders of Nuns=== |
===[[Medieval]] Orders of Nuns=== |
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*[[Wikipedia:Hildegard_von_Bingen|Hildegard von Bingen]] (1098-1179) |
*[[Wikipedia:Hildegard_von_Bingen|Hildegard von Bingen]] (1098-1179) |
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*[[Wikipedia:Heloise_%28abbess%29|Heloise]] (1101-1162) |
*[[Wikipedia:Heloise_%28abbess%29|Heloise]] (1101-1162) |
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*[[Eleanor_of_Aquitaine|Eleanor of Aquitaine]] (1122-1204) |
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*[[Wikipedia:Herrade_of_Landsberg|Herrade of Landsberg]] (c. 1130-1195) |
*[[Wikipedia:Herrade_of_Landsberg|Herrade of Landsberg]] (c. 1130-1195) |
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*[[Wikipedia:Guda|Guda]] ([[12th century]]) |
*[[Wikipedia:Guda|Guda]] ([[12th century]]) |
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Latest revision as of 07:52, 12 September 2007
A nun (from the Latin nonna being a female version of nonnus meaning monk) was the female equivalent of a monk. Nuns lived in convents and followed a religious life under the authority of an abbess or prioress.
Medieval Orders of Nuns
- The Rule of St. Augustine (Augustinians)
- The Order of St. Benedict (Benedictines)
- The Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares)
- The Order of St. Bruno (Carthusians)
- The Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Carmelites)
- The Order of Preachers (Dominican nuns)
Notable Nuns from Period
- Egeria (4th century)
- Scholastica (c. 480-543)
- Canna (6th century)
- Osyth (d. 653)
- Edburga of Bicester (7th century)
- Gertrude of Nivelles (626-659)
- Austreberta (630-704)
- Godeberta (c. 640-700)
- Milburga of Wenlock (d. 715)
- Adela and Irmina (8th century)
- Alburga (d. 810)
- Kassia (9th century)
- Hroswitha of Gandersheim (c. 935-c. 1002)
- Edburga of Winchester (d. 960)
- Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (c. 970-1015)
- Ende (10th century)
- Agnes of Gandersheim
- Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile (11th century)
- Elin (d. after 1110)
- Jutta (1091-1136)
- Christina of Markyate (c. 1095-1155)
- Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
- Heloise (1101-1162)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)
- Herrade of Landsberg (c. 1130-1195)
- Guda (12th century)
- The Nun of Watton (12th century)
- Bona of Pisa (c. 1156-1207)
- Berengaria of Navarre (c. 1165-1230)
- Joan of England (1165-1199)
- Teresa of Portugal (1181-1250)
- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
- Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-c. 1285)
- Agnes of Bohemia (1211-1282)
- Catherine of Ymseborg (c. 1215-1252)
- Gertrude of Hackeborn (1223-1292)
- Humility (c. 1226-1310)
- Jolenta of Poland (1235-1298)
- Agnes of Montepulciano (1268-1317)
- Clare of Montefalco (1268-1318)
- Isabella of France (1295-1358)
- Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver (c. 1325-1392)
- Anna of Trebizond (d. 1342)
- Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
- Angelina di Marsciano (1377-1435)
- Rita of Cascia (1381-1457)
- Margareta Clausdotter (d. 1486)
- Joana, Princess of Portugal (1452-1490)
- Beatrix da Silva (d. 1490)
- Columba of Rieti (1467-1501)
- La Beata de Piedrahita (d. 1511)
- Magdalena de la Cruz (1487-1560)
- Katharina von Bora (1499-1552)
- Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)
- Catherine of Ricci (1522-1590)
- Magdalena de Pazzi (1566-1607)
- Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566-1633)
