Canon regular
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The Canons Regular are Catholic priests and religious brothers who live in community under a rule and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms
Visitation memento mori, painter unknown, c.1500, juxtaposing pregnancy and death, with four Augustinan canons regular of the Chapter (Abbey) of Sion. Left, with little lion, is Jerome; right, holding a heart, is Augustine. Rijksmuseum
Bishop Chrodegang of Metz
Ballybeg Priory, founded in 1229 by Philip de Barry for the Canons Regular of St Augustine
Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.
Canoness
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A canoness is a member of a religious community of women, historically a stable community dedicated to the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours in a particular church. The name corresponds to a can
The canoness Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim
