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- Saint Teresa of the Andes, known formally as Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes, (July 13, 1900 – April 12, 1920) was a Chilean nun canonized ...8 KB (1,399 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- visited Ryōkan. Around 1826 he met a young nun, Teishin, who became his sole ... == The Nun Teishin == When Ryōkan was 69 years old, he met a young ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- in the process of becoming a monk or nun in the Buddhist or any other ... of these rules. A novice monk or nun in the Tibetan tradition takes ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- that she had never taken vows as a nun. A well-educated woman, Matilda ... over whether or not she had taken vows as a nun and would thus be ineligible ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- master, and one would not ask a random monk or nun to perform the ceremony.) The monastic and disciple then engage in a dialoge, with the monastic ...9 KB (1,341 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- leaders of the Revolt, in his satiric "The Nun's Priest's Tale" of The Canterbury Tales. Froissart's Chronicles devotes ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, 1156- 1225) is known in Japanese history as the “nun shogun” or “ama shogun” (尼将軍) because of her ...16 KB (2,515 words) - 16:09, 25 January 2023
- Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (also: Brigit, Bridget, Bridgit, Bríd or Bride - c. 451–525) was an Irish nun, abbess, and founder ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- *1959 The Nun's Story *1960 The Sundowners *1962 PT-109 *1964 My Fair Lady *1965 The Great Race *1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ...9 KB (1,211 words) - 08:50, 13 March 2024
- Bodhidharma gave transmission to a nun named Dharani (although Bodhidharma ... Zanggao) not only gave transmission to the nun Miao-tao, but he also designated ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- St. Catherine de Ricci (1522-1590), a Dominican nun, came to be known for her highly mystical life, especially for her ecstasies of the Passion ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 23:02, 20 November 2023
- Two of the tales, The Knight's Tale and The Second Nun's ... Again, however, tales such as the Nun's Priest's Tale ...31 KB (5,016 words) - 15:32, 30 April 2023
- became an idolatrous priest, a suspended nun was inserted to turn Mosheh ... because they resemble the Hebrew letter nun ( נ ) written upside down ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- of her life, Murasaki decided to become a nun, but Genji never allowed this ... to a convent to live out her life as a nun. The novel which began as ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Joshua was the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim. The Hebrew pronunciation ... is initially given as "Hoshea son of Nun." The spies are sent ...17 KB (2,859 words) - 19:56, 7 September 2022
- 30, 1897 || 1997 || French || Discalced Carmelites (Nun) |- |} *Also venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church. ===Other parts of the Roman Catholic ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- #039;s The Canterbury Tales (1392). In the "Nun's Priest's Tale", a vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox on Syn March bigan ...22 KB (3,192 words) - 15:56, 11 August 2023
- Herrad of Landsberg, also Herrad of Hohenburg (c. 1130 - July 25, 1195), was a twelfth century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 22:37, 12 February 2022
- the Holy Face"), was a Roman Catholic nun who was canonized as a saint ... him. Zélie-Marie had tried to become a nun, but was told she did not ...22 KB (3,790 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- his mother, a Kuchean princess, became a nun, he followed her into monastic ... from her husband to become a Buddhist nun and joined the Tsio-li nunnery ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- As the first Franciscan nun, at age 18, Clare was the natural leader ... She did not use the French word for "nun" but only "sister ...19 KB (3,232 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- The Nun's Story in 1959, was one of her most daring roles, and ... Actress four more times; for Sabrina, The Nun's Story, Breakfast at ...27 KB (4,189 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- 41 Lucia became a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun until her death. She later ... She lived at the convent as a simple nun until her death at the age ...15 KB (2,588 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- Edith Stein (October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942) was a German philosopher, a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- monks, Daofu, Daoyu, and Huike, and the nun Zongchi. Bodhidharma asked ... said, "You have attained my skin." Nun Zongchi said, "My view ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- (novice monk) or Samini/Shramanerika (novice nun), one can take the exam to become a fully ordained monk or nun (Bikkhu/Bikkhuni). After 10 years ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- is the idea that the moral life of a nun is incompatible with that of a mother, with no purely rational measure to decide which is preferable ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- 18, she left home to become a Roman Catholic nun and join the Sisters of Loreto ... she was asking to fulfill a calling as a nun but outside the confines of ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- include Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BuxWV 188, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein BuxWV 210, Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren BuxWV 213, and ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 21:17, 15 July 2020
- *The Singing Nun (1966) *What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) *Dear Dead Delilah (1972) *Charlotte's Web (1973) * Frankenstein: The ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 16 June 2023
- The Tripiṭaka (Sanskrit) or Tipiṭaka (Pāli) meaning: "three baskets"), is the formal term for the earliest surviving canon of ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- Eventually, she determined to take a vow of virginity and become a nun. This presented still more trials and difficulties to Rose, as once again ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 00:52, 23 December 2022
- begged to be able to enter a temple and become a nun rather than enter into a marriage. Her father allowed her to work in the temple, but asked the ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- Ananda (Chinese: 阿難, A Nan or 阿難陀, A Nan Tuo) was one of the ten great disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. He was renowned ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- She returned to MGM for a role in The Singing Nun (1966), starring ... | The|Singing Nun|dab=film | Mother Prioress | |- | 1967 ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- *נ (Nun) *ג (Gimel) *ה (Hey) *ש (Shin) These letters are an acronym ... *Nun - nisht - "not" - nothing happens and the next player spins ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- Lady lives out the last years of her life as a nun. ==See also== *Genpei War ==References== *De Bary, William Theodore, and Irene Bloom. Approaches ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- * Nun Yax Ayin – C.E. 370-411. Nun Yax Ayin was a noble from Teotihuacan who was installed on Tikal's throne in 379 by Siyaj K'ak'. ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- “Botamochi-dera,” houses Sazikini (nun) and Saemonnojou Sukenobu ... *Tokeiji Temple – Founded in 1285 by a nun who rescued many wives ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- occurred in Aix-en-Provence in 1611 involving a nun who named a certain Father Jean-Baptiste Gaufridi as a bewitcher of young nuns. Beelzebub was famously ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- first female convert. Taking her precepts as a nun, or bhikkhuni, she was later described by the Buddha as a perfect disciple. On one occasion, she ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- became a published writer and later an Anglican nun. In the 1840s the deterioration of her father's physical and mental health forced him ...11 KB (1,551 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- In June, 1523, he married a former nun, Ottilie von Gerson. In November, he was interrogated by George Spalatin and Frederick the Wise. Luther ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- of her published works, which reads, "Marie ai nun, si sui de France." (Translated, this means, "My name is Marie, I am from France. ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- day. A sequel to the book, Requiem for a Nun, is the only play that Faulkner ... * Requiem for a Nun (1951) * A Fable (1954) * The Reivers (1962) ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2023
- a Benedictine may technicaly be a monk, nun or oblate. Most monasteries ... London 1926, translated from the French by a nun of Tyburn Convent) ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- * Leonora d'Este (July 3, 1515 - July 15, 1575). A nun. * Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Massalombarda (November 1, 1516 - February 2, 1578). ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 02:28, 5 November 2022
- with him, and then travels to Europe to become a nun. Recktall Brown is the unscrupulous art dealer who moves Wyatt's paintings onto the international ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 12:11, 8 May 2023
- the then powerful king of Ujjain, abducted a nun named Sarasvati, the sister of the monk. The enraged monk sought help of the Saka ruler, a Shahi ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- might, for example, contend that both the life of a nun and that of a mother realize genuine values (in an objective and cognitivist sense), yet there ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- son Fujiwara no Tamesuke (b. 1263) by the Nun Abutsu (died c. 1283). A poet ... :::"When Lord Tameie died, his wife, Lady Abutsu the Nun, took ...30 KB (4,827 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- * Chorale Prelude "Nun freut euch liebe Christen" (Bach-Busoni) * Ecossaisen (Beethoven) * Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 & Etude Op. 10 No ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- Kate Smith, the Beatles, James Brown, the Singing Nun, and The Doors. With the often-imitated, opening line, "tonight we are going to have ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- she entered. She could have been a Benedictine nun before she became an anchoress or she could have known the local Beguines, the Roman Catholic ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- The cemetery where the Franciscan Clarist nun was buried sixty two years ago at St Mary’s Forane Church at Bharananganam has now been turned ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- entered retirement, taking orders as a nun. Isabella has attracted the ... Nor can it be ignored that she was allowed to take orders as a nun ...25 KB (3,939 words) - 02:58, 8 March 2024
- Zhdanov, publicly labeled her "half harlot, half nun," and had her poems banned from publication. Zhdanov was a close associate of Stalin, who ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 06:43, 28 July 2023
- widowed Adelaide to marry his son, Adalbert. The nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim wrote: "Engorged with hatred and envy, Berengar directed his fury ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- Chastity is a virtue concerning the state of purity of the mind and body. Chastity includes abstinence from sexual intimacy for the unmarried ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- father as his own concubine, and what's more a nun, if traditional history is to be believed, was found to be utterly shocking by Confucian moralists. ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2022
- into a four-fold order, namely monk (Sadhu), nun (Sadhvi), layman (Shravak), and laywoman (Shravika). This order is known as Chaturvidh Jain Sangh. ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 05:27, 5 November 2022
- bishop of the Greek island of Zakinthos, a Polish nun from Lithuania. and a French Protestant pastor. * Garden of the Righteous: The Garden of ...14 KB (2,168 words) - 09:59, 22 May 2023
- :Thy established-offering is thine, O Niw (Nun) together with Nn.t ... notes that the explicit parallel between Nun/Naunet and Amun/Amunet (the ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- first Academic Dean, Therese Stewart, a former nun, Therese M. Stewart, My Life of Faith (Lulu Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1716143830). was female, ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- The Council of Chalcedon, also known as the Fourth Ecumenical Council was a meeting of Christian leaders in the Roman Empire which established ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- visitors, to give them a taste of what a monk or nun will experience living in a temple. Waking up to the morning bell, visitors practice meditation and ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- work. Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister, a Catholic nun, were married in 1973, whereupon both were excommunicated. Encyclopedia Britannica Online ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- [[Image:NunofLebanon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Maronite nun from Mount Lebanon, painting from 1779.]] However, this Roman affiliation was to cost ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- type, with financial support from the Buddhist nun Myodeok, who is believed to have turned to Buddhism after becoming disenchanted with her life in ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- the absence of pastoral care for the Nun of Watton and her case of pregnancy while within a Gilbertine convent. It is believed by some that he ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- followed by Moses mi-Trani (1590), Joshua ben Nun (1592), Naphtali Ashkenazi (1600), Baruch Barzillai (1650), and Meïr Barzillai (1680). ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 18:37, 22 December 2022
- of Canaan who were killed by Joshua son of Nun. At the moment of the curse, Canaan’s body became black and the blackness spread out among them.” ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- divorce her husband the prince and become a Taoist nun with the sobriquet Taizhen (太真 "Utmost Truth") living in Taizhen Palace. Five years ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- * Gutschow, Kim. 2004. Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Indian Himalayas. Harvard University Press. *Snellgrove D.L ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- Ağca was caught and restrained by a nun until police arrived. He ... associated with John Paul II. A French nun, confined to her bed by Parkinson ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- Its modern form is derived from a French Catholic nun Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus in visions. ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- at Vence, not far from the convent where the young nun was stationed. She visited him and told him of the plans the Dominicans had to build a chapel beside ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- In 1981-1982, Zeev Yeivin and Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun dug out from the bedrock area of the presumed site of the Tabernacle. Ceramics and ancient Egyptian ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- scion would be the son of an ex-priest and ex-nun. After the reforms of Patriarch Nikon to the Russian Orthodox Church of 1652, a large number ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- written using outdated models. Of these, Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren ... texts are taken from the psalms, except in Nun danket alle Gott which uses ...46 KB (6,947 words) - 14:51, 1 August 2022
- for Best Actress with her performance as a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Later, she would receive another Best Actress nomination ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- #039;s ideal, the arhat, represents a monk/nun who has successfully followed ... of the Yuen Chia era (426 C.E.), … the nun Hui-kuo and her companions ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- and took her vows following Lathrop's death as a nun in the Dominican order. She founded a religious order, The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, to ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 21:23, 27 October 2023
- married a provincial governor, becoming a Buddhist nun upon his death. She is also known for her rivalry with her contemporary Murasaki Shikibu ...16 KB (2,769 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- Elena had to quit painting when she became a nun. Both Anna Maria and Europa gave up art upon marrying, while Lucia, the best painter among Sofonisba ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 22:03, 30 January 2023
- * (1951) Widow, Nun and Courtesan: Three Novelettes From the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang. A John Day Book Company ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- total recovery of one sufferer, the nun Rita Klaus, after more than ... to the standard prognosis is Rita Klaus, a nun, who developed MS at age 20 ...42 KB (6,258 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- her worldly concerns and becomes a Buddhist nun. She is the second youngest ... Miaoyu (Adamantina) is a young nun from Buddhist cloisters of the ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- *Egyptian: Nun/Naunet *Hindu: Manu *China: Nüwa *Sumerian: Ziusudra *Babylonian: Atra-Hasis, Utnapishtim, Xisuthrus *Greek: Deucalion ...17 KB (2,732 words) - 18:11, 11 November 2023
- while another relative was a Roman Catholic nun. Some branches of the family ... were also nuns) she was ready to become a nun herself. She says that most ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 2023
- :The nun Zong Chi stepped up and said, “It is like a glorious glimpse of the realm of Akshobhya Buddha . Seen once, it need not be seen again.” ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- Absolution is the act of receiving forgiveness for one's sins or wrongdoings, by being set free from guilt or penalty. Most religions have ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- Pope St. Gregory I or Gregory the Great (c. 540 – March 12, 604) was pope from September 3, 590, until his death. He is also known as Gregory ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- from an unrestricted sexual life (including raping a nun) Alan Levine (2003). to undue political domination over the royal family. ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 20:15, 31 January 2023
- Catholic Reccared. His sister, Florentina, was a nun, and is said to have ruled over forty convents and one thousand religious. Isidore's parents ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- in the late 1960s. He married an ex-nun in 1971 and became a teacher of theology. ==Reich Leader and Head of the Party Chancellery== ...18 KB (2,707 words) - 00:14, 28 November 2021
- Anglicanism (from Anglia, the Latin name for England) describes the Christian denominations that follow the religious traditions developed by ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family A dowry is a gift of money or valuables ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- :Must separate Constance from the nun :Oh! what a tangled web we weave :When first we practice to deceive! :A Palmer too! No wonder why ...17 KB (2,589 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- church roles (including a deacon, religious monk or nun) who poses set questions and prompts students (or disciples) toward understanding the answers given. ...21 KB (3,269 words) - 17:53, 30 November 2023
