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Bellevaux Abbey, Switzerland
This is a list of current and former Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women. __NOTOC__ A * All Saints Abbey (''Kloster Allerheiligen'') (dissolved), at Schaffhausen: Benedictine monks (1049/50-1529) * Au Abbey (''Kloster Au'' or ''Kloster in der Au''), at Trachslau near Einsiedeln (Schwyz): initially 4 independent women's communities first documented in 1359; became a single community in Vordere Au c.1530; became Benedictine nuns in 1617 under Einsiedeln Abbey; raised to the status of abbey in 1984; extant * Ayent Priory (''Prieuré d'Ayent'', ''Prieuré de Saint-Romain'') (dissolved), at Ayent (Valais): Benedictine monks (before 1107-1620) B *Baulmes Priory (''Prieuré de Baulmes'', ''Prieuré Saint-Marie'', ''Prieuré Notre-Dame et Saint-Michel'') (dissolved) at Baulmes (Vaud): Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks (652-before 1123); Cluniacs (before 1123-1536/37) *Beerenberg Abbey or Mariazell Abbey (''Kloster Mariazell am Beerenberg'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Ancient Carthage, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite significant initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
