Lady Lucy Herbert CRSA (1669 – 19 January 1743/44) was an

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aristocrat who became a

canoness regular Canons regular are priests who live in community under a rule ( and canon in greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a ...

and devotional writer in

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Life

Herbert was the fourth daughter of

William Herbert, 1st Marquis of Powis William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC (16262 June 1696) was an English nobleman, best remembered for his suffering during the Popish Plot. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667 and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King ...

, a leading Catholic nobleman, by his wife Elizabeth Somerset, younger daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquis of Worcester. She left England for the

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, where she was admitted to the

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of the English canonesses regular at

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around 1690. She professed solemn vows as a full member of the monastic community in 1693, and was elected prioress of the community in 1709. Under her leadership the convent gained more members. She imported a marble altar from Rome and made improvements including building a chaplain's house and rebuilding the church. She died in

in 1743 or 1744.

Writings

*‘Several excellent Methods of hearing Mass,’ Bruges, 1722, 8vo; 1742, 12mo; ondon 1791, 12mo. *‘Several Methods and Practices of Devotions appertaining to a Religious Life,’ Bruges, 1743, 12mo; ondon 1791, 12mo. These two works, together with her ‘Meditations,’ are reprinted in ''The Devotions of the Lady Lucy Herbert of Powis'', edited by the Rev. John Morris, S.J., London, 1873, 12mo.

References

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