Mary Percy, abbess
Mary Percy (1570–1642) was an English noblewoman who founded an English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels and served as its abbess.
Lady Mary Percy | |
|---|---|
| Abbess of the English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels | |
| Elected | 1616 |
| In office | 1616–1642 |
| Predecessor | Joanna Berkeley |
| Successor | Agnes Lenthall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 11, 1570 |
| Died | 13 September 1642 (aged 72) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Parents | Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland |
Life
Mary Percy was born on 11 June 1570, the daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Anne Somerset.[1] On 21 November 1599 she was clothed as a nun in the newly founded English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels, making her profession of vows on 21 November 1600.[2] She brought to the monastery a dowry of 5000 florins.[1] She was elected abbess in 1616, serving until her death in Brussels on 13 September 1642.[1]
Works
- Innocency Justified and Insolency Repressed (1632), Harley MS 4275
- Isabella Berinzaga, Abridgement of Christian Perfection, translated by Mary Percy.
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References
- "Mary Percy". Who were the nuns?. Queen Mary University of London.
- Joseph S. Hansom (ed.), The English Benedictine Nuns of Brussels and Winchester, 1598-1856, in Miscellanea IX, Catholic Record Society volume 14 (London, 1914), pp. 175-176.
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