Lay abbot (Latin: abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles, lit. '"abbot-count, lay abbot, abbot-soldier"') is a name used to designate a layman on whom...

the 7th century. The ecclesiastical leadership exercised by abbots despite their frequent lay status is proved by their attendance and votes at ecclesiastical...

from Margaret's great-grandfather Æthelred the Unready. He became the lay abbot of Dunkeld. Ethelred had four brothers who would rule as kings of Scotland...

844, Richbod and Nithard, abbot and lay abbot respectively of Saint-Riquier, died in battle. Charles appointed Louis abbot of Saint-Riquier with Charles's...

975–1045), was the erenagh, or hereditary lay-abbot, of Dunkeld Abbey and, similarly to Irish "royal- and warrior-abbots" of the same period like the infamous...

(864–870), lay abbot Adalhard I (bis 870), lay abbot Karlmann (874–876) Adalhard II (until 890), lay abbot Hermann I (926–949), lay abbot Siegfried I...

was lay abbot of Cysoing. He was a son of the Frankish Duke of Friuli Eberhard and his wife Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious. He was a lay abbot in...

commendatory abbot generally has all the rights and privileges of an actual abbot. Lay abbot Ott, Michael. "In Commendam." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7. New...

the emperor, or at the monastery of St. Riquier, where his father was lay abbot. He would have been educated most likely at the imperial schola, which...

cathedrals in the Anglican Communion may also appoint lay persons as canons. The rank of "lay canon" is especially conferred upon diocesan chancellors...

dioceses Territorial Prelate (formerly, prelate nullius) Territorial Abbot (formerly, abbot nullius) Vicar apostolic Exarch apostolic Prefect apostolic Apostolic...

selected George Buchanan, Peter Young, Adam Erskine (lay abbot of Cambuskenneth), and David Erskine (lay abbot of Dryburgh) as James's preceptors or tutors....

vicar, or a perpetual curate. A vicar arises when a rectory was sold to lay rectors, which would often be a monastic house (such as abbey) or university...

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She was a daughter of Bosonid Boso the Elder and sister of Hucbert, the lay-abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey. For political reasons, to forge ties of kinship...

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Diocesan administrator Ecclesiastical judge Exorcist Laity Lay abbot Abthain Commendatory Lay cardinal Minister Major orders Minor orders Missionary Monsignor...

the abbey's abbot or abbess. In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the term appears several times, referring to any superior, whether an abbot, provost, dean...

my father", emphatic state of abh, "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is also the title used for lower-ranking Catholic clergy in France who...

rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. She must be at least 40 years old and have been a nun for 10 years. The...

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In the historical practice of the Catholic Church, a lay cardinal was a man whom the pope appointed to the College of Cardinals while still a layman....

of Rotrude was the indication that Wido (Guy), Count of Hornbach and Lay Abbot of Fontenelle, was a propinquus of Martel. This kinship term, vague enough...

kingdom during Charles the Bald's absence on campaign in Italy. Reginar was lay abbot of important abbeys stretching from the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) to the Moselle...

Instruction of the Roman Missal adds: "In the absence of an instituted acolyte, lay ministers may be deputed to serve at the altar and assist the priest and...

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Herbert III, Count of Vermandois, while Count of Chateau-Thierry, Vitry and lay abbot of Saint-Médard of Soissons, bearing the title of "Count of the Franks"...

composed at the request of the lay abbot, Adalolf. Folcuin also wrote the Gesta abbatum Lobiensium (Deeds of the Abbots of Lobbes). "Folcuin of St. Bertin"...

Carolingian-era Bible commissioned by Count Vivian of Tours in 845, the lay abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours, and presented to Charles the Bald in 846 on...

prominence during the reign of Charles the Fat (884-887).. Odo was also the lay abbot of St. Martin of Tours. In 882 or 883 Odo married Théodrate of Troyes...