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)...

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...

Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden...

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...

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...

as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary...

by 893 when Asser 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...

notable abbesses including several saints, former queens and the daughters of kings. The abbess of Barking held precedence over all other abbesses in England...

Abbesses (French pronunciation: [abɛs], literally Abbesses) is a station on Paris Métro Line 12, in the Montmartre district and the 18th arrondissement...