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Roman tonsure (Catholicism) Tonsure (/ ˈ t ɒ n ʃ ər /) is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility.. The term originates from the Latin word tonsura (meaning "clipping" or "shearing" [1]) and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 19
Under the hegumenia's initiative, a hospital and an outpatient clinic were also opened in Leśna, providing free medicine, along with a botanical garden focused on cultivating medicinal herbs. [5] Hegumenia Catherine also organized a steam-powered mill, a church candle production facility, and oversaw the opening of a railway station in the ...
The Oblates follow a basic monastic routine and offer a ministry of hospitality in the heart of the city of Rome. Instead of the standard three vows, they promise obedience to the head of the community, and prime also that should they chose to leave (which they remain free to do if they wish), they will do so in a way which will not disrupt the ...
By the fifth century, Martin of Tours had established monasteries at Ligugé and Marmoutier; [2] Cassian, the Abbey of St Victor and the women's Abbey of Saint-Sauveur at Marseille; [3] Honoratus at Lérins; and Germanus at Auxerre. The monastic tradition spread from Gaul to the British Isles shortly thereafter. Lérins was famous for training ...
The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions.
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
The original Bridgettine Order was open to both men and women, and was dedicated to devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ. It was a "double order" each monastery having attached to it a small community of monks to act as chaplains, but under the government of the abbess. St Bridget's Rule stipulated:
The Carolingian Church encompasses the practices and institutions of Christianity in the Frankish kingdoms under the rule of the Carolingian dynasty (751-888). In the eighth and ninth centuries, Western Europe witnessed decisive developments in the structure and organisation of the church, relations between secular and religious authorities, monastic life, theology, and artistic endeavours.