abbot
Let an agent handle abbots by tradition, office, election, historical holders and abbeys, attributing religious roles to their traditions.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle abbots by tradition, office, election, historical holders and abbeys, attributing religious roles to their traditions.
The head of an abbey of monks, especially in Christian monastic orders such as the Benedictines; comparable leaders exist in other traditions, such as Buddhist monastery heads, and the female counterpart is an abbess.
What it is for: Leading monastic communities.
It can be explain the office of abbot in a given tradition; find historical abbots of an abbey; describe how abbots are chosen; compare equivalent roles in other traditions.
Distinguishing features
Heads a monastic community
Usually elected by the monks
Role defined by the tradition
Historically also a landholder
What it looks like
In Christian traditions often shown with a crosier, pectoral cross and monastic habit.
How it is recognised
Crosier and ring in Christian iconography
Head of an abbey
A prior is usually a deputy or head of a smaller house
Related models
is a kind of - category
leads - institution
is a - status
is related to - counterpart
In practice
Families and kinds
Benedictine and Cistercian abbots
territorial abbots
commendatory abbots (historical)
abbesses
heads of Buddhist monasteries
Standards and regulation
Rule of Saint Benedict
Canon law of the Catholic Church
Rules of the relevant monastic tradition
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming Christian terms apply to all traditions
Unsourced lists of historical holders
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.abbot
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Office What an abbot is.
Traditions define the role.
Role
Duties.
Role
Role.
- What are the duties of an abbot in this tradition, according to its rules? provenance
- How does the role differ from a prior? boundary
Election
Choosing.
Election
Election.
- How is the abbot chosen, and for how long? provenance
- Who confirms the choice? provenance
Holders People.
Holders need sources.
Current
Present abbot.
Current
Current abbot.
- Who is the current abbot of this abbey, according to the abbey? provenance
- When were they elected? provenance
Historical
Past abbots.
Historical
Historical abbots.
- Which abbots led this abbey in the past, according to historians? provenance
- How reliable is the list? boundary
Traditions Other faiths.
Equivalents exist.
Buddhist
Monastery heads.
Buddhist
Buddhist equivalents.
- Which titles do Buddhist traditions use for heads of monasteries? provenance
- Are they elected or appointed? provenance
Other
Other traditions.
Other
Other traditions.
- Which comparable roles exist in Hindu or Orthodox monastic traditions, according to adherents? provenance
- Is the comparison appropriate? boundary
Abbey Institution.
Abbots lead places.
Place
Which abbey.
Place
Abbey.
- Which abbey is linked, and which order does it belong to? provenance
- Is it still active? provenance
Visiting
Guests.
Visiting
Visiting.
- Does the abbey welcome visitors or retreats? provenance
- What customs should visitors respect? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each abbey office be a separate entry?
- How should holder lists be sourced?
- How should equivalent roles in other traditions be linked?