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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
