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Eleanor Dillon
Sister Eleanor Dillon (''c.'' 1601 – 1629) was an Irish abbess and co-foundress of the Poor Clares in Ireland. Life Eleanor Mary Dillon was born around 1601 in Killenfaghny, County Westmeath. Her parents were Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon and Eleanor (née Tuite). She had four sisters and seven brothers including Lucas Dillon MP, Lucas, James Dillon (officer), James, and Cecily Dillon. She entered the English Poor Clares at Gravelines in Flanders with her sister and was professed, alongside her sister, on 8 September 1622 as Sister Eleanor Mary of St Joseph. Dillon led a group of five young Irish nuns from Gravelines for Dunkirk in 1625, to found the first convent for Irish women since the suppression of the monasteries. Due to high rents, the group only remained in Dunkirk for a short time, leaving for Nieuport in Flanders in 1626 and founding a convent there in early 1627. At this point Dillon's brothers, Louis and George who were both priests, suggested that both Dil ... [...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] |
