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prior

Ecclesiastical title for a monastic superior

  • Also called prioress
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Everyone recorded as holding it

Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

  • 9 holders
  • 10 overlapping pairs
  • 2 undated
  1. the 1010s CE – 1021 CE Gerard of Csanád Italian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr
  2. from 1120 CE Adela of Normandy Countess of Blois from 1089 to 1102
  3. from 1288 CE Agnes of Montepulciano Dominican nun, wonderworker and saint
  4. 1294 CE – 1298 CE Meister Eckhart German philosopher and theologian
  5. 1468 CE – 1482 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  6. 1468 CE – 1482 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  7. from 2001 CE Dolores Hart American Roman Catholic religious nun, and former actress

No dates recorded 2

  • Dates unrecorded Lanfranc Prior of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury and Roman Catholic blessed
  • Dates unrecorded Teresa of Ávila Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
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