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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]].


===[[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)
*[[Wikipedia:Heloise_%28abbess%29|Heloise]] (1101-1162)
*[[Wikipedia:Heloise_%28abbess%29|Heloise]] (1101-1162)
*[[Wikipedia:Eleanor_of_Aquitaine|Eleanor of Aquitaine]] (1122-1204)
*[[Eleanor_of_Aquitaine|Eleanor of Aquitaine]] (1122-1204)
*[[Wikipedia:Herrade_of_Landsberg|Herrade of Landsberg]] (c. 1130-1195)
*[[Wikipedia:Herrade_of_Landsberg|Herrade of Landsberg]] (c. 1130-1195)
*[[Wikipedia:Guda|Guda]] ([[12th century]])
*[[Wikipedia:Guda|Guda]] ([[12th century]])

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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 convents and followed a religious life under the authority of an abbess or prioress.

Medieval Orders of Nuns

Notable Nuns from Period