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A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, [ 1 ] typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. [ 2 ]
- Cistercian nuns - Wikipedia
The Monastery of Our Lady of Good Counsel, at Saint-Romuald...
- Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order - Wikipedia
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns...
- Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States - Wikipedia
Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States have played a...
- Augustinian nuns - Wikipedia
Augustinian nuns are the most ancient and continuous segment...
- Cistercian nuns - Wikipedia
The Monastery of Our Lady of Good Counsel, at Saint-Romuald near Quebec City, the first genuine community of Cistercian nuns in America, was established in 1902 by Hémery Lutgarde, Prioress of Bonneval, France, when on 21 November 1902, she brought a small colony of religious women. On 29 July of the following year, Cyrille Alfred Marois, as ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order". The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States have played a major role in American religion, education, nursing and social work since the early 19th century. In Catholic Europe, convents were heavily endowed over the centuries, and were sponsored by the aristocracy.
Augustinian nuns are the most ancient and continuous segment of the Augustinian religious order. Named after Augustine of Hippo, there are several Catholic religious communities of women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of St. Augustine.
19 gru 2018 · Nuns took vows of chastity, renounced worldly goods and devoted themselves to prayer, religious studies and helping society's most needy. Many nuns produced religious literature and music, the most famous amongst these authors being the 12th century CE abbess Hildegard of Bingen.
8 maj 2018 · A member of a religious order of women. The term is technically used of Christian women who belong to a religious order with solemn vows, but it is used more loosely in practice, and is applied at times to women in orders in other religions—e.g. to bhikṣunīs in Buddhism (see BHIKṢU).
