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Meaning of "was abbess"
was abbess - This phrase refers to a woman who is the head of a convent or an abbey, typically in Christian religious contexts. An abbess holds a position of leadership and authority within the religious community she oversees
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She herself was abbess of a monastery of women.
She took shelter in a monastery where her aunt was abbess.
Gepa of Dassel was abbess of the Ursuline monastery in Cologne.
Wilfrid was a monk at Whitby and studied there when Hilda was abbess.
She was abbess of the secular Gandersheim Abbey and later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen by marriage.
He was buried at Jouarre Abbey where his sister Theodechildis was abbess.
Another daughter, Hodica, was abbess of the monastery at the Mecklenburg.
This hut was next to the Benedictine monastery on Disibodenberg, where she was abbess.
Her sister, Beatrix, was abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey.
He bequeathed his property to the monastery of Altdorf, where his mother was abbess.
His sister, Æthelburg, was Abbess of Barking, while he served as Abbot of Chertsey.
He was buried in the Wanzka convent in Blankensee, where his daughter Anna was abbess.
Ermenilda of Ely was abbess here after her husband, Wulfhere of Mercia, died in 675.
From the age of four, Sophie Elisabeth was abbess of Gernrode.
His sister, Mathona, was Abbess of Tawney, in Tirerrill.
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