Villers-la-Ville Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey
A monkor a nun (from Latin monachusa lonely man1), is a man or woman who chooses solitude to better find God in his or her life. In the Christian world, following the teachings of the Gospels and the tradition of the Fathers of the Church, monks and nuns are men and women who follow Christ (the 'sequela Christi') and take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in order to imitate him more closely. For their life of prayer and contemplation, the vast majority of monks and nuns seek the support of a religious community (cenobitism) and live in a monastery or convent, usually far from the towns. However, they can also live alone as hermits (eremitism). Gyrovagous monks - who wandered from monastery to monastery although they are no longer authorised by the Catholic Church - still exist.
Sources : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moine
Abbés :
An abbot, from Latinabbasis first and foremost a Christian monk elected by his peers to lead a monastery, abbey or canonical community. He is the leader of a regular community. The image of the abbot as "representative of Christ" and "father of the community" is very much influenced by the Rule of Saint Benedict (chapter 2). The term can also refer to a secular abbot. By extension, it also applies to the leaders of monastic communities in other religious traditions, such as Buddhism.
Cellarers :
In a monastery, particularly an abbey or a Benedictine priory, the cellarer (from cellar "grocery room) is a religious man:responsible for supplying the cellar with all foodstuffs, including bread, wine and beer; responsible for taking care of food, preparing meals, making bread, beer, wine and cheese, making cloth and clothing, maintaining buildings and distributing alms. By extension, he was in charge of a monastery's finances; the priest of domesticity in the great abbeys1,2,3. The cellarer is appointed by the abbot or prior. His duties are described in chapter 31 of the Rule of Saint Benedict. By extension, any person entrusted with the same care, other than in a monastery.
FROM THE DOOR Arnould (from Louvain) cited in 1308
SPINDA Godefroid (de Tervueren) mentioned in 1306
VRANCKEN Calaber cited in 1475-1483
BRUEDER Jan (Campernoels) mentioned in 1497
Monks and converses :
Convers Said of a religious man or woman employed in the domestic services of an abbey, monastery or convent. http://jlconvers.free.fr/histoire_c/@Histoire_c10.htm
DE LAERE Gérard monk cited in 1391
DE MELIN Gibbiers monk cited in 1381
DE MALINES (known as ROMBAUT) Gilon converse cited in 1314
DE KALEKEN Henri monk cited in 1362 and 1363
OF HOXSEM Henri monk cited in 1354
VAN DER POORTEN Henri monk cited in 1371, 1376
DELVAUX Jean convers cited in 1356
DE DINANT John the monk cited in 1311
DE FRASNES Jean monk 1334 future abbot
DE HOLERS Jean monk 1346 future abbot
DE HAEEHT Jean, porter of Villers, mentioned in 1314 and 1319 as the future abbot of Val-Dieu,
DE ORLEKE Jean portier de Villers cited in 1313
DE PRESSARIO Jean convers cited in 1332-1333
MISPELKENS Jean convers cited in 1324
POCHET (from Nivelles) Jean convers cited in 1312
HACHET Nicolas convers cited in 1370
DE BRIGODE Pierre monk cited in 1342, 1355
DE HUY Ren' monk cited in 1330
DE LOUVAIN Thomas cantor cited in 1315, 1317
Barn masters :
It is very difficult to determine exactly whether the monks of Villers-la-Ville were monks or converses, as frater applies equally to monks and converses.
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https://www.villers.be/fr
