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• Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre —     Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre     Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre — The Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre are a Catholic female religious order.The habit is black, and the choir sisters wear a white linen surplice, without sleeves, on the left side of which is embroidered a double red cross. A black veil… …   Wikipedia

• Canons and Canonesses Regular — • According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canons and Canonesses Regular     Canons and Canonesses Regular …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre — Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, an order said to have been founded In 1114 (or, according to other accounts during the rule of Godfrey of Bouillon in Jerusalem) on the rule of St Augustine.Pope Celestine III, in 1143, confirms the Church… …   Wikipedia

• Canonesses — A canoness is a member of a religious community of women (nuns) living a simple life. Many communities observe the monastic rule of Saint Augustine. The name corresponds to the male equivalent, a canon. The origin and rules are common to both. As …   Wikipedia

• Canons Regular — are members of certain bodies of Canons (priests) living in community under the Augustinian Rule ( regula in Latin), and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty. Distinct from monks, who live a cloistered, contemplative life… …   Wikipedia

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• Canoness — • The assistance of women in the work of the Church goes back to the earliest time, and their uniting together for community exercises was a natural development of religious worship Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canoness     C …   Catholic encyclopedia