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41Asceticism — Not to be confused with Aestheticism. Ascetic redirects here. It is not to be confused with Acetic. Asceticism (from the Greek: ἄσκησις, áskēsis, exercise or training ) describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of… …
42Marian apparition — The Vision of St Bernard, by Fra Bartolommeo, c. 1504 (Uffizi). A Marian apparition is an event in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed to have supernaturally appeared to one or more people. They are often given names based on the town in… …
43Bonaventure — This article is about the Italian medieval theologian. For other uses, see Bonaventure (disambiguation). Saint Bonaventure, O.F.M. Friar, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Born …
44Convent — For other uses, see Convent (disambiguation). A Beguine convent in Amsterdam. A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic… …
45Hulne Priory — is a monastery founded in the 13th century by the Carmelites, or White Friars which was one of the Orders of Mendicants, bound by their rule to live in extreme poverty. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen… …
46Ancien Régime — For the history of France in this period, see Early modern France. Kingdom of France Structure …
47Friar — A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders.Friars and monksFriars differ from monks in that they are called to a life of poverty in service to a community, rather than cloistered asceticism and devotion. Whereas monks live cloistered away …
48Martha Graham — This article is about the choreographer. For the supercentenarian, see Martha Graham (supercentenarian). Martha Graham Martha Graham by Yousuf Karsh (1948) Born May 11, 1894( …
49Mahasiddha — (Tibetan: གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: grub thob chen po; or Tibetan: ཏུལ་ཤུག, Wylie: tul shug; Sanskrit Devanagari: महासिद्ध; IAST: mahāsiddha, maha meaning great and siddha meaning accomplished ) is a term for one who cultivates those… …
50Jean Gerson — Jean Charlier de Gerson Born December 13, 1363(1363 12 13) Gerson, Champagne, France Died July 12, 1429( …
