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Priors Of Worcester
This is a list of prior (ecclesiastical), priors of Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, until the Benedictine Order's dissolution in 1540. References Sources Primary sources * Secondary sources * * * *{{cite book, editor1-first=Michael, editor1-last=Winterbottom, editor1-link=Michael Winterbottom (academic) , editor2-first=Rodney, editor2-last=Thomson , title=William of Malmesbury: Saints’ Lives, chapter=Life of Wulfstan, pages=1-155, language=Latin, English, publisher=Clarendon Press , location =Oxford, UK , year=2002, isbn= 978-0-19-820709-2 Priors of Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Christianity in Worcester, England Anglican Diocese of Worcester Worcestershire-related lists Monasteries in Worcestershire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prior (ecclesiastical)
Prior (or prioress) is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical Title#Ecclesiastical titles (Christian), title for a Superior (hierarchy), superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be lower in rank than the abbey's abbot or abbess. Monastic superiors In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the term appears several times, referring to any superior, whether an abbot, Provost (religion), provost, Dean (Christianity), dean, etc. In other old monastic rules, the term is used in the same generic sense. With the Cluniac Reforms, the term ''prior'' received a specific meaning; it supplanted the provost or dean (''praepositus''), spoken of in the Rule of St. Benedict. The example of the Cluniac congregations was gradually followed by all Benedictine monasteries, as well as by the Camaldolese, Vallombrosians, Cistercians, Hirsau Abbey, Hirsau congregations, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England, Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the Mother Church#Cathedral, mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Worcester, diocese of Worcester; it is administered by its Dean of Worcester, dean and Chapter (religion), chapter. The cathedral is a grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument. The cathedral was founded in 680. The earliest surviving fabric dates from 1084, when the cathedral was rebuilt in the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style by Bishop Wulfstan (died 1095), Wulfstan. The chapter house dates from 1120, and the nave was extended in the 1170s. Between 1224 and 1269 the east end was rebuilt in the Early English Gothic style. The remainder of the nave was rebuilt in the 1360s, and the "exquisite" central tower completed in 1374. The cathedral retains a set of medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially in English speaking countries, after the colour of their habits, although some, like the Olivetans, wear white. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his Rule. Benedict's sister, Scholastica, possibly his twin, also became a religious from an early age, but chose to live as a hermit. They retained a close relationship until her death. Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy. They are instead organized as a collection of autonomous monasteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wulfstan (died 1095)
Wulfstan ( – 20 January 1095) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk who served as Bishop of Worcester from 1062 to 1095. He was the last surviving pre-Norman Conquest bishop. Wulfstan is a saint in the Western Christianity, Western Christian churches. Denomination His denomination as Wulfstan II is to indicate that he is the second Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester, England, Worcester. This, however, does not prevent confusion, since the first Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York, Bishop Wulfstanhis maternal uncleis also called Wulfstan II to denote that ''he'' was the second Archbishop of York called Wulfstan. Life Wulfstan was born about 1008 at Long Itchington in the English county of Warwickshire.Walsh ''A New Dictionary of Saints'' p. 631 His family lost their lands around the time King Canute the Great, Cnut of England came to the throne in 1016.Fleming ''Kings & Lords'' p. 41 He was probably named after his uncle, Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York. Through his uncle' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Of Worcester
Nicholas of Worcester (died 24 June 1124) was the Prior (ecclesiastical), prior of the Benedictines, Benedictine priory of Worcester Cathedral from about 1116 until his death. He was born around the time of the Norman Conquest. His parents are not known, but the 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury wrote that he was "of exalted descent", and the historian Emma Mason argues that he was a son of King Harold Godwinson. Nicholas was the favourite pupil of Wulfstan (died 1095), Wulfstan, the bishop of Worcester, who brought him up. Wulfstan, the last surviving Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon bishop, lived until 1095. He was influential in transmitting Old English culture to Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman England. Nicholas carried on this work as prior, and he was highly respected by the leading chroniclers, William of Malmesbury, John of Worcester and Eadmer, who acknowledged his assistance in their histories. Several letters to and from Nicholas survive. Nicholas was an English monk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randulph Of Evesham
Randulf of Evesham was a medieval Bishop of Worcester-elect and Abbot of Evesham. Life Randulf was a monk of Evesham Abbey before becoming Prior of Worcester on 24 December 1204.British History Online Priors of Worcester accessed on 3 November 2007 On 2 December 1213 he was elected to the see of Worcester but his election was quashed by the for England, , |
Sylvester Of Worcester
Sylvester was a medieval Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary (officer), head of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Worcester, Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the .... Sylvester was elected Prior of Worcester on 21 January 1215.British History Online Priors of Worcester accessed on 3 November 2007 He was elected to the see of Worcester on 3 April 1216 and consecrated on 3 July 1216.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279 He was enthroned at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wulstan Bransford
Wulstan Bransford was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. Bransford was first elected between 31 August and 8 September 1327 but the election was quashed.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279 He was elected again about 4 January 1339 and consecrated on 21 March 1339. He tonsured the poet William de Rokayle, who was known as William Langland William Langland (; ; ) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as ''Piers Plowman'', an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes. The poem translated the language and concepts of the cl .... Bransford died on 6 August 1349. Citations References * Bishops of Worcester Priors of Worcester 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1349 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William More (prior)
William More (1472–1559?), prior of Worcester, son of Richard and Ann Peers or Peres, entered the Worcester priory in 1488 at the age of sixteen; was kitchener in 1504, sub-prior under John Wednesbury (1507–18), and was made prior 2 October 1518. He spent large sums on repairs, on plate for the churches upon the monastery's estates, and on books, including printed books for the convent. He was fond of comfort, amusement, and display. A letter from a monk, John Musard, written while in prison, which has been printed by Noake, contains a list of complaints against a certain 'untrue master,' who is clearly identical with More, for one charge is that he made a new mitre, a needless extravagance, and the costs of this mitre are entered in More's diary. Musard complains, too, of the prior's gifts to his relations, of the sale of the monastery's plate, and of neglect of the buildings. Musard had been put in prison by More in 1531. In February 1532 More served in the commission of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Holbeach
Henry Holbeach ( – 2 August 1551) was an English clergyman who served as the last Prior and first Dean of Worcester, a suffragan bishop, and diocesan bishop of two Church of England dioceses. Life Born as Henry Rands (or Randes) in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, he assumed the name of his birthplace on becoming a monk at Crowland Abbey. He proceeded to Cambridge (Bachelor of Theology (BTh) 1527, Doctor of Theology (DTh) 1534), and became prior of Buckingham College, Cambridge. In 1536, he was elected the Prior of Worcester, and two years later he also became the Bishop of Bristol, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, the priory was re-established as a cathedral with Holbeach becoming the first Dean of Worcester in 1542. In 1544, he became Bishop of Rochester, and finally in 1547 Bishop of Lincoln. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priors Of Worcester
This is a list of prior (ecclesiastical), priors of Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, until the Benedictine Order's dissolution in 1540. References Sources Primary sources * Secondary sources * * * *{{cite book, editor1-first=Michael, editor1-last=Winterbottom, editor1-link=Michael Winterbottom (academic) , editor2-first=Rodney, editor2-last=Thomson , title=William of Malmesbury: Saints’ Lives, chapter=Life of Wulfstan, pages=1-155, language=Latin, English, publisher=Clarendon Press , location =Oxford, UK , year=2002, isbn= 978-0-19-820709-2 Priors of Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Christianity in Worcester, England Anglican Diocese of Worcester Worcestershire-related lists Monasteries in Worcestershire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity In Worcester, England
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
