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Mary Joseph Butler
Dame Mary Joseph Butler (December 1641 – 22 December 1723) was the first Ireland, Irish Abbess of the Irish Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Grace, at Ypres, Flanders. Early life Butler was born at Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Lady Abbess Knatchbull of the English Benedictine Dames at Ghent was her aunt and Butler was sent to her for her education. Butler petitioned, when she was twelve years old to be allowed enter the order. She was allowed to enter two years later. She made her religious profession 4 November 1657, at the English Benedictine convent at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne, at the age of sixteen. Ypres In 1665 Ypres was founded from the mother-house of Ghent. Dame Beaumont was abbess, when she died in 1682, the decision was made to convert the house at Ypres into a national foundation for the Irish Benedictine nuns of the various houses founded from Ghent. Dame Butler accordingly was sent to Ypres in 1683, and, on the death of the second abbess Dame Flavia Car ... [...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] |
