Lady Lucy Herbert
Lady Lucy Herbert CRSA (1669 – 19 January 1743/44) was an English aristocrat who became a canoness regular and devotional writer in Flanders.
Life[edit]
Herbert was the fourth daughter of William Herbert, 1st Marquis of Powis, a leading Catholic nobleman, by his wife Elizabeth Somerset, younger daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquis of Worcester.
She left England for the Spanish Netherlands, where she was admitted to the priory of the English canonesses regular at Bruges around 1690. She professed solemn vows as a full member of the monastic community in 1693, and was elected prioress of the community in 1709. Under her leadership the convent gained more members. She imported a marble altar from Rome and made improvements including building a chaplain's house and rebuilding the church.[1]
She died in Bruges in 1743 or 1744.
Writings[edit]
- ‘Several excellent Methods of hearing Mass,’ Bruges, 1722, 8vo; 1742, 12mo; [London], 1791, 12mo.
- ‘Several Methods and Practices of Devotions appertaining to a Religious Life,’ Bruges, 1743, 12mo; [London], 1791, 12mo.
These two works, together with her ‘Meditations,’ are reprinted in The Devotions of the Lady Lucy Herbert of Powis, edited by the Rev. John Morris, S.J., London, 1873, 12mo.
References[edit]
- ^ Cooper, Thompson (2004). "Herbert, Lady Lucy (1669–1744), prioress of St Augustine, Bruges, and devotional writer". In Major, Emma (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13039. Retrieved 12 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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- 1669 births
- 1744 deaths
- 17th-century English Roman Catholic nuns
- English expatriates in the Netherlands
- 18th-century English non-fiction writers
- 18th-century English women writers
- Augustinian canonesses
- Daughters of British marquesses
- Early modern Christian devotional writers
- English religious writers
- 18th-century English Roman Catholic nuns
- English Roman Catholic writers
- Herbert family
- Burials in Flanders