Mary Percy (abbess)
Lady Mary Percy | |
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| Abbess of the English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels | |
| Elected | 1616 |
| In office | 1616–1642 |
| Predecessor | Joanna Berkeley |
| Successor | Agnes Lenthall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 11, 1570 |
| Died | 13 September 1642 (aged 72) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Parents | Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland |
Mary Percy (1570–1642) was an English noblewoman who founded an English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels and served as its abbess.
Life
Mary Percy was born on 11 June 1570, the daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Anne Somerset.[1] On 21 November 1599 she was clothed as a nun in the newly founded English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels, making her profession of vows on 21 November 1600.[2] She brought to the monastery a dowry of 5000 florins.[1] She was elected abbess in 1616, serving until her death in Brussels on 13 September 1642.[1]
Works
- Innocency Justified and Insolency Repressed (1632), Harley MS 4275
- Isabella Berinzaga, Abridgement of Christian Perfection, translated by Mary Percy.
References
- ^ a b c "Mary Percy". Who were the nuns?. Queen Mary University of London.
- ^ Joseph S. Hansom (ed.), The English Benedictine Nuns of Brussels and Winchester, 1598-1856, in Miscellanea IX, Catholic Record Society volume 14 (London, 1914), pp. 175-176.
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