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Dr. Leonhard von Eck (1480–1550) wearing a coif. The traditional religious habit of Catholic nuns and Religious Sisters includes a coif as a headpiece, along with the white cotton cap secured by a bandeau, to which the veil is attached, along with a white wimple or guimpe of starched linen or cotton to cover the cheeks, neck and chest.
A nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in her cloister Traditional Catholic nuns. The religious habits of Catholic nuns typically consist of the following elements: Tunic: This is the central piece of the habit. It is a loose dress made of serge fabric pleated at the neck and draping to the ground. It can be worn pinned up in the front ...
A painting of cornette-wearing Sisters of Charity by Armand Gautier (19th-century) Polish nun wearing a white cornette and habit in 1939. A cornette is a piece of female headwear.
This page describes all clothing worn within the Roman-Catholic faith tradition. Clothing that is worn specifically for liturgical functions are listed under the subcategory of Roman Catholic vestments .
Among nuns it was worn in combination with a coif and wimple. As women in Renaissance Italy began to leave their heads uncovered, and to expose their shoulders, the guimpe slowly fell into disuse. Its use continued solely in monasteries, as part of a nun's religious habit.
Religious are members of religious institutes, societies in which the members take public vows and live a fraternal life in common. [5] Thus monks such as Benedictines and Carthusians, nuns such as Carmelites and Poor Clares, and friars such as Dominicans and Franciscans are called religious.
Catholic religious orders began as early as the 500s, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in 529. The earliest orders include the Cistercians (1098), the Premonstratensians (1120), the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212), and the Benedictine reform movements of Cluny (1216).
A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows , whereas members of religious orders take solemn vows .