Nun
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A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to prayer, religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or conven
Scholastica, sister of Benedict of Nursia and founder of the Benedictine nuns
Hildegard of Bingen and her fellow sisters
Maria Johanna Baptista von Zweyer, Abbess of the Cistercian abbey of Wald
Three Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the Portal of a Church, by Armand Gautier
Evangelical counsels
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In Christianity, the three evangelical counsels, or counsels of perfection, are poverty, chastity, and obedience. As stated by Jesus Christ in the canonical gospels, they are counsels for those who de
Nun
…A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to prayer, religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. The term is often used interchangeably with religious sisters, who do take simple vows but live an active…
A cincture as worn by the Franciscans; the three knots symbolize the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Henriette Browne Nuns at work in the cloister
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Am Klostertor
Gaudenzio Ferrari Storie Cristo Varallo 2