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  The Name of the Rose, First Day: Terce, part 2
The abbot is very concerned about the death of a young master illuminator and William patiently listens to his pleas and agrees to assist in the investigation.
William does not entertain these thoughts as a result of his discussion with the abbot, who absolutely rejects the possibility “that a servant would have the courage to enter there at night...A monk on the other hand” (Eco 33).
William goes on to describe the abbey with such pride the abbot can't help but be impressed with his guest.
www.csuohio.edu /english/nr27b.html   (0 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William, Abbot of Marmoutiers
In 1105 he was elected successor to the deceased Abbot Hilgotus.
Archbishop Rudolph II of Tours, who on various occasions had violated the privileges of Marmoutiers, refused to acknowledge William as abbot or to give him the abbatial benediction unless he would not only swear allegiance to him but also confirm his oath by placing his right hand in that of the archbishop.
In 1106 William took part in the synod of Poitiers, and in 1107 he received the Abbey of Cellen-Brie from the Bishop of Meaux.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15629c.htm   (254 words)

  
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And the abbot of Peterborough is patron of the church.
William of Swynhamme holds 1 acre of meadow in the thicket of Swynhamme and owes 1d.
William May, yzativus of the lord has taken 30 acres of land xvith the crop; viz., 5 acres of wheat, price per acre 10s., 3 acres of peas and heans and 4 acres of oats, price per acre ss.
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 St. William
By the regularity of his conduct, and the sanctity of his manners, he was the admiration of the whole community.
William with joy embraced this institute, and was by his fervor and devotion a pattern to the most perfect.
A prospect of labors and dangers for the glory of God was a powerful motive with the saint, and he cheerfully undertook the voyage.
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 St. William of Vercelli, St. Guglielmo of Vercelli, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, June ...
William was born in 1085 at Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy of noble and wealthy parents.
Since the Catholic Church is true and holy, she stimulates the harmonic contrasts perfectly and produces a superb equilibrium of soul, which is a characteristic fruit of the Holy Church.
William became the Angel of the Kingdom of Naples.
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 st william   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William the Abbot is an Italian Saint whose feast is celebrated on June 25.
William was born in the year 1085 A.D. in Vercelli, Italy, of noble parents.
William died at the monastery in Guglietto on June 25, 1142.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William
At the age of seven he was brought as an ablate to the Benedictine monastery of Locedia near Vercelli, and went to Cluny in 987.
A year later he was sent by Abbot Majolus to reform the priory of Saint-Saturnin near Avignon and, upon his return to Cluny in 990, was appointed Abbot of Saint-Bénigne at Dijon.
William's literary works, consisting of seven sermons, one mystic treatise on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, vii, 15 sq., eight letters to Pope John XIX, St. Odilo, etc., and his testament, are printed in Chevalier [loc.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15630a.htm   (0 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Alwalton Manor, 1279
The abbot of Peterborough holds the manor of Alwalton and vill from the lord king directly; which manor and vill with its appurtenances the lord Edward, formerly king of England gave to the said abbot and convent of that place in free, pure, and perpetual alms.
And the abbot of Peterboro is patron of the church.
William Drakejr., Amycia the widow, Alice the widow, Robert son of Eda, Willam Pepper, William Coleman, each of whom holds a cottage with a croft which contains half a rood, paying and doing in all things, each for himself, just as the said William Drake.
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 Venerable William Knight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Knight was the son of Leonard Knight and lived at South Duffield, Hemington.
On coming of age he claimed some property, left to him by his father, from his uncle, a Protestant, who denounced him to the authorities for being a Catholic; he was at once seized and committed to the custody of Colyer, a pursuivant, who treated him with indignity and severity.
Thereupon Abbot was arrested and, together with Knight and his two comrades, accused of persuading the clergyman to embrace Catholicism—an act of treason under the penal laws.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/08670A.htm   (0 words)

  
 Catholic Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William was a young boy of Paris who was taught by his good uncle, the Abbot Hugo.
Although William wanted only to do good to everyone, there were some who became his enemies.
William and three companions were asked to go to Denmark to convert sinners and pagans and make the Religious there more fervent.
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 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : June 25, 2005 :
Before the reform of the General Roman Calendar today was the feast of St. William, a Piedmontese hermit of the beginning of the twelfth century.
Often Portrayed as: a pilgrim, usually near Santiago de Compostela; abbot near a wolf wearing a saddle; receiving an appearance by Christ; saddling a wolf that killed his ass.
William's pilgrimage to the tomb of St. James the Apostle in Spain was the turning point of his life.
www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-06-25   (0 words)

  
 Star Chamber Proceedings
We testify that at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last, at Leek, John Brereton made alarm, whereby the tenants of the Abbot in the Frythe and in the township of Leeke, to the number of 200, riotously assembled and went towards the house of William Wolstenholme, where the said William Eggerton was.
Further we testify, that the next day ensuing we came to Leek, to the house of one Swanne, to drink and make us merry, and there found William Eggerton with his chaplain and two of his household servants, and no more.
We saw the Abbot take his bow from his monk Whitney and take an arrow from under his girdle and nick it into his bow.
www.brereton.org /star.htm   (0 words)

  
 WILLIAM ABBOT - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM ABBOT
WILLIAM ABBOT - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM ABBOT
Two of Abbot's melodramas, The Youthful Days of Frederick the Great (1817) and Swedish Patriotism (1819), wers produced at Covent Garden.
To properly cite this WILLIAM ABBOT article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AB/ABBOT_WILLIAM.htm   (0 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Family of William Abbot (9855) and Elizabeth Geary
William died at Andover, MA, on 28 Oct 1713.
On 25 May 1708 William married Rebecca Boylston, daughter of Thomas Boylston (26 Jan 1644/5-16 Dec 1695) and Mary Gardner (9 Apr 1648-8 Jul 1722), at Roxbury, MA.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr09/rr09_486.html   (0 words)

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