An ivory tablet in the infant's cask recounts the story of his sinful origins and is preserved for the child by the monks of a monastery in the fishing village.

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity.

The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery.

The first undoubted instance is the bull by which Alexander II in 1063 granted the use of the mitre to Egelsinus, abbot of the monastery of St Augustine at Canterbury.

Once chosen, he must request blessing: the blessing of an abbot is celebrated by the bishop in whose diocese the monastery is or, with his permission, another abbot or bishop.

Though the title " abbot " is not given in the Western Church to any but actual abbots of monasteries today, the title archimandrite is given to " monastics " ( i. e., celibate ) priests in the East, even when not attached to a monastery, as an honor for service, similar to the title of monsignor in the Western / Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.

* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.

An abbey ( from Latin abbatia, derived from Latin language abbatia, from Latin abbās, derived from Aramaic language abba, " father ") is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.

His tomb is in the monastery of San Pedro in Huesca.

In this movie a young female music student hired by Beethoven to copy out his Ninth Symphony is staying at a monastery.

He is referring to the twinned monasteries of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, near modern-day Newcastle, claimed as his birthplace, there is also a tradition that he was born at Monkton, two miles from the monastery at Jarrow.

Bede also travelled to the monastery of Lindisfarne, and at some point visited the otherwise unknown monastery of a monk named, a visit that is mentioned in a letter to that monk.

However, it is clear he was familiar with the works of Virgil and with Pliny the Elder's Natural History, and his monastery also owned copies of the works of Dionysius Exiguus.

A full catalogue of the library available to Bede in the monastery cannot be reconstructed, but it is possible to tell, for example, that Bede was very familiar with the works of Virgil.

There is little evidence that he had access to any other of the pagan Latin writers – he quotes many of these writers but the quotes are almost all to be found in the Latin grammars that were common in his day, one or more of which would certainly have been at the monastery.

In a storyline that begins prior to the timeline of the movie, Jade Fox is denied entry to the Wudang monastery because she is a woman.

* The main source for Columbanus's life is recorded by Jonas of Bobbio, an Italian monk who entered the monastery in Bobbio in 618, three years after the saint's death ; Jonas wrote the life c. 643.

There is even an Orthodox Church monastery dedicated to the saint in the Massachusetts town of Southbridge.

Many historians trace modern Ethiopian foreign policy to the reign of Emperor Tewodros II, whose primary concerns were the security of Ethiopia's traditional borders, obtaining technology from Europe ( or modernization ), and to a lesser degree Ethiopian rights to the monastery of Dar-es-Sultan in the city of Jerusalem.

Gurukuls were traditional Hindu residential schools of learning ; typically the teacher's house or a monastery.

The life within the walls of a monastery may be supported in several ways: by manufacturing and selling goods, often agricultural products, by donations or alms, by rental or investment incomes, and by funds from other organizations within the religion, which in the past formed the traditional support of monasteries.

The earliest surviving account of St. Catherine's life comes over 500 years after the traditional date of her martyrdom, in the monologium attributed to Emperor Basil I ( 866 ), although the rediscovery of her relics at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai was about 800, and presumably implies an existing cult at that date ( the common name of the monastery developed after the discovery ).

In the words of UNESCO, " The net in which intrepid pilgrims were hoisted up vertically alongside the cliff where the Varlaam monastery dominates the valley symbolizes the fragility of a traditional way of life that is threatened with extinction.

This Latin Rite Order, while a contemplative Order, differs from traditional monastic Orders in three ways: 1 ) They do not take vows of stability, meaning that they can live in one house ( called a friary or sometimes a monastery ) typically for several years before being moved into a different community of the Order.

Twinned with the convent of St. Augustine's Priory, the giant abbey is an example of a traditional, working monastery.

1983: Establishes Gampo Abbey, a Karma Kagyü monastery located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, for Western students wishing to enter into traditional monastic discipline.

Thus each monastery was to have its own extensive collection of books, to be housed either in armarium ( book chests ) or a more traditional library.

Unlike a traditional Buddhist monastery abbot, where the incumbent selects his successor, Fo Guang Shan directly elects an abbot to head the Order and its worldwide temples.

Sant ' Apollinare in Classe was a traditional Benedictine monastery under the influence of the Cluniac reforms.

The monastery where he entered the Order, Sant ' Apollinare in Classe was a traditional Benedictine community under the influence of the Cluniac reforms.

The specific epithet, officinalis, refers to the plant's medicinal use — the officina was the traditional storeroom of a monastery where herbs and medicines were stored.

As in his other works, Micus uses a combination of traditional instruments from various cultures to capture the feel of the monastery.

Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple () is a traditional Chinese Buddhist mountain monastery in the United States, one of the largest of its kind in the North American continent.

As is traditional, Ajahn Chah entered the monastery as a novice at the age of nine, where, during a three-year stay, he learned to read and write.

A wooden-sculpture figure of the Virgin Mary, known as the Weeping Mary, can be found in the monastery church, which is the destination of a traditional pilgrimage of Roman Catholic Székely held since 1567, called the " Csíksomlyó Pilgrimage " ( Romanian: Pelerinajul de la Sumuleu ; Hungarian: Csíksomlyói Búcsú ).

For a time Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal continued to live at the main Drukpa seat of Ralung, as irrespective of who was entitled to be considered as the true incarnation of Kunkhyen Pema Karpo, Ngawang Namgyal was the main Drukpa hereditary lineage – holder, and legitimate throne-holder at Ralung monastery, the traditional seat of the Drukpa Lineage.

After the Bolsheviks had the monastery secularised and turned into museum ( 1924 ), a wooden shrine from 1485 and several traditional timber structures were put on exhibit on the grounds.

Recently, Lagoa has developed a tourist infrastructure associated in character with its historic past, but primarily its resort centers ( for example, Caloura, in Água de Pau ), bays, coves and beaches ( such as Baixa d ´ Areia ), traditional farms and older buildings ( like the old monastery of Vale de Cabaços, commonly known as the Convento da Caloura ) have attracted new visitors.

In 1921, the building of Phor Kark See Monastery was the first traditional Chinese forest monastery in Singapore.

The traditional date for the founding of the monastery by Saint Sabas of Mutalaska, Cappadocia is the year 483 and today houses around 20 monks.

Monday is market day and the town hosts one of the most traditional “ tianguis ” in the Valley of Mexico, where hundreds of stalls are set up between the archeological site and the old monastery.

To get you there, we take you through all the traditional training that a monk or yogi would get in a demanding, major monastery in Tibet or ancient India .”

Duarte Nuno is buried in the Augustinian monastery in Vila Viçosa, the traditional burial place of the dukes of Braganza.