Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London : Methuen · leaf 243
then (1532) incharge of the infirmary. At this time the bishop inter-fered, probably at the suggestion of the aged dames, tostop an accustomed Christmas game (on Holy InnocentsDay), when the youngest of the novices assumed thefunctions of a lady abbess, after the same fashion as aboy-bishop amongst… … NUN ASKING PARDON OF AN ABBESS CHAPTER IXEXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS I. THE BISHOP NORMALLY, the bishop of the diocese in which areligious house was situated, was its Visitor andultimate authority, except in so far as an appeallay from him to the pope. In process of time…
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