| 21. | Gerberga followed in a long tradition of royal abbesses at Gandersheim.
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| 22. | Very little is known about �thelgifu's time as abbess.
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| 23. | She was later appointed as abbess of her house in 1897.
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| 24. | Eventually she was made Abbess of Fontevraud Abbey in 1150.
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| 25. | His father was Thomas Thurloe, rector of Abbess Roding.
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| 26. | Following his death in 751, she became the abbess.
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| 27. | The Sisters are led by an Abbess and are organized into Orders.
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| 28. | H�lo�se became abbess of the new community of nuns there.
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| 29. | She becomes the first non-mouse abbot / abbess.
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| 30. | Polesworth Abbey was founded in 827 by Saint Editha ) as Abbess.
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