Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds

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Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds was a 12th-century English Benedictine abbot renowned for his energetic and reforming leadership, vividly portrayed in Carlyle’s "Past and Present."

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instanceOf Benedictine abbot ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
English abbot ⓘ
areaOfReform financial administration of the abbey ⓘ
management of abbey estates ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
associatedWith Bury St Edmunds Abbey ⓘ
town of Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced later perceptions of medieval monastic leadership ⓘ
knownFor energetic monastic leadership ⓘ
portrayal in Thomas Carlyle’s "Past and Present" ⓘ
reforming administration of Bury St Edmunds Abbey ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
leadershipStyle energetic ⓘ
reforming ⓘ
monastery Bury St Edmunds Abbey ⓘ
notableEvent election as abbot of Bury St Edmunds in the 12th century ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
monk ⓘ
placeOfActivity Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
England ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
portrayedBy Thomas Carlyle ⓘ
portrayedIn "Past and Present" ⓘ
positionHeld Abbot of Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Thomas Carlyle’s historical writings ⓘ
medieval monastic chronicles ⓘ

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Past and Present → notableFigureDiscussed → Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds → positionHeld → Abbot of Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds