Abbot

The monastic abbot

Regular abbot

In the past, regular abbots, i.e. those pertaining to order of which was their abbey, had to have at least twenty-three years (twenty-five if they were elective), legitimate being of birth, to have made profession in the order. Today, they have generally had, to be able to be elected, be a priest and to have made perpetual religious profession (or solemn wishes) for seven years. They manage the Temporel Monastère, receive the Religieux at the time of their solemn profession, give them the Tonsure. Formerly, they conferred the benefit S to them whose monastery had the collation. They have on their monks a right of jurisdiction, an authority that it is recommended to them to exert only by the way of patience and softness. The monks generally indicate it under the name of “abbot”. Its titulature is Très Reverend Père (=TRP)

A monk has against the possible abuses of power of his superior a right of call near the public prosecutor of the order, and until the the Holy See.

Abbot miter

This term designates an abbot, whose capacity of order and jurisdiction was solemnly recognized by the abbey blessing conferred by a bishop elected by the Saint Seat. The abbot elected then obtains the right to carry certain episcopal badges: Miter (from where its name), stick (distinguished of jurisdiction, Pasteur) and ring (bond with the Church). Synonym of abbot nullius .

Laic abbot

The laic abbots disappeared since the reforms from the Concile from Thirty. The Carolingiens created laic abbots: laic holders of right on an abbey. Hugues Capet was thus abbot laic of the abbeys of Saint-Martin-of-Turns and Saint-Denis. Besides it owes its nickname with the cover of abbot whom it frequently carried. For similar reasons, the maternal uncle of its grandfather (Robert I {{er}}) was called Hugues the Abbot. When a laic abbot was named in an abbey, this one in fact was directed by the Prieur.

Commendatory abbot

The abbots commendataires was a system similar to the laic abbots: François I {{er}}, after the Concordat of Bologna of 1516 establishes this system in France. The abbots commendataires had the majority of the French abbeys until in 1790. When a laic abbot was named in an abbey, this one was in fact directed the prior.

To note that the Abbesse S have in their monasteries the same authority as the abbots in theirs, except the functions of the priesthood. The abbess of Our-Lady-with-Jouarre, of the diocese of Meaux, had until in 1692, date on which this prerogative was withdrawn to him at the request of Bossuet, episcopal jurisdiction on its nuns. She also had it on the monks who depended on his abbey and approved the priests for the sacramental confession.

The secular abbot

Until the 18th century the secular clerks were called Mister . Since, it entered the habit to call them abbot: thus the abbots of court are secular clerks step inevitably priest besides. The tonsure, signs entry in the ecclesiastical state, is sufficient for this name. The normal titulature of any secular clerk (admitted seminarist, deacon or priest) is Mister the abbot , even if certain functions can precede: Mister the abbot Vianney, Cleaned of Ars, is thus called by his parishioners Mister the priest . Since the Seventies, this name tends to leave the place, in the current use, with the use of My Father , which is perfectly synonymous, but which is restricted to the priests.

See too

the Fault of the abbot Mouret , novel of Emile Zola

Characters arrived at notoriety under a name including the word abbot :

the abbot of Maroilles cheese
the Abbot Pierre
the Abbot Prévost
the Abbot Raynal
the Abbot of Saint-Pierre
the Abbot Delépine
the abbot Andre Boyer-Farmhouse, known as Monseigneur Boyer-Farmhouse
the Abbot Costing
the Abbot Fouré

Toponymy:

Buigny-l' Abbot, Camblain-l' Abbot, Played-the Abbot, Méricourt-l' Abbot, Pont-l'Abbé
Nogent-l' Abbess,
Abbesses, station of the Subway of Paris
Wood the Abbess, a hamlet of Lièpvre

Books:

Louis Dollot - Insane or wise, abbesses of old France: 1589-1789 - Paris: Academic bookstore Perrin, 1987
Dom Takes laths off - Dom Géranger, Abbé of Solesmes - P., Plon, 1950

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