Abbesses of Montmartre Abbey

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The Abbesses of Montmartre Abbey were the succession of powerful female religious superiors who governed the historic Benedictine abbey on Paris’s Montmartre hill, once an influential spiritual and landowning institution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abbess
ecclesiastical officeholder
religious superior
series of officeholders
associatedWithPlace Île-de-France NERFINISHED
basedIn Montmartre hill NERFINISHED
Paris
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
exercisedAuthorityOver lands of Montmartre Abbey
nuns of Montmartre Abbey
existedAsSuccessionOfPersons Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
gender female
governanceScope internal discipline of the abbey
management of abbey revenues
oversight of liturgical life
governed Montmartre Abbey NERFINISHED
governedInstitutionType Benedictine abbey GENERATED
landowning religious institution GENERATED
heldTitle Abbess of Montmartre NERFINISHED
historicalRelevance important female leadership role in medieval Paris
influenced local land use around Montmartre hill
religious life of Montmartre
languageOfAdministration French
Latin
locatedInTheEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOf Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
officeHeldBy noblewomen of France
professed Benedictine nuns
partOf medieval French monastic hierarchy
positionHeldIn Montmartre, Paris NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Catholicism NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Benedictine Order NERFINISHED
religiousRuleFollowed Rule of Saint Benedict NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Latin Church NERFINISHED
role administration of monastic community
land management
spiritual leadership
temporal lordship
seat Montmartre Abbey church NERFINISHED
typeOfPower economic power
jurisdictional authority
spiritual power

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