Abbot facts for kids
Abbot, meaning father, is a religious title given to the head of a monastery. A female abbot is an abbess.
Images for kids
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St. Dominic of Silos enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)
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Coptic icon of Saint Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism
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Carving of Saint Benedict of Nursia, holding an abbot's crozier and his Rule for Monasteries (Münsterschwarzach, Germany)
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Thomas Schoen, abbot of Bornem Abbey
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Benedictine Archabbot Schober in prelate's dress and cappa magna
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Abbot Francis Michael and Prior Anthony Delisi (on the left) of Monastery of the Holy Spirit, a Trappist monastery in Conyers, Georgia, US.
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"The Abbot", from the Dance of Death, by Hans Holbein the Younger
See also
In Spanish: Abad para niños
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