Anne Worsley

Anne Worsley (1588 – 1644) was an English nun. She was the founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent in Antwerp.

Anne Worsley
Born1588
Died1644
NationalityEnglish
OccupationPrioress

Life

Worsley's parents were John and Eleanor Worsley who had lived on the Isle of Wight but they were persecuted because they were Roman Catholics and they went into exile. Anne decided on a religious life at the age of fifteen when she was living abroad. She decided to be a nun and opted for the Carmelites.[1] She was the founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent in Antwerp where her first novice was younger sister Theresa. She had visited Antwerp with her mentor Anne of Saint Bartholomew and other sources attribute the leadership of the Antwerp convent to her until she died in 1626.[2]

Worsley died in 1644.[3]

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References
  1. Dr Nicky Hallett (28 May 2013). The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600–1800: Early Modern ‘Convents of Pleasure’. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-1-4724-0137-3.
  2. "Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew". CatholicSaints.Info. 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. "Worsley, Anne [name in religion Anne of the Ascension] (1588–1644), founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent, Antwerp | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-105826. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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