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Saint John Abbey, Müstair, the Glossary

The Abbey of Saint John (Benediktinerinnenkloster St.; Claustra benedictina da Son Jon) is an early medieval Benedictine monastery in the Swiss municipality of Val Müstair, in the Canton of Graubünden.^[1]

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8th-century establishments in Switzerland
Benedictine nunneries in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Graubünden
Carolingian architecture
Churches in Graubünden
History museums in Switzerland
Museums in Graubünden
Religious museums in Switzerland
Romanesque architecture in Switzerland
Val Müstair
World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Abbess

An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey.

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Adelheid (abbess of Müstair)

Adelheid (attested from 1211 to 1233) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Saint John Abbey, Müstair, now in Switzerland.

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Advocatus

During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German:; French) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.

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Alvaschein

Alvaschein (Romansh: Alvaschagn) is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Alvaschein are cultural property of national significance in Graubünden.

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Apostles in the New Testament

In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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Apse

In architecture, an apse (apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς,, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis;: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Battle of Calven

The Battle of Calven (Romansh: Chalavaina) took place on 22 May 1499 at the exit of the Val Müstair in the Grisons (now part of Switzerland) to the Vinschgau in County of Tyrol (now part of Italy) between the forces of King Maximilian I of the House of Habsburg and those of the free federation of the Three Leagues of the Grisons.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Bishop of Chur

The Bishop of Chur (German: Bischof von Chur) is the ordinary of the Diocese of Chur in Grisons, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Curiensis).

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Breviary

A breviary (Latin: breviarium) is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times.

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Carolingian art

Carolingian art comes from the Frankish Empire in the period of roughly 120 years from about 780 to 900—during the reign of Charlemagne and his immediate heirs—popularly known as the Carolingian Renaissance.

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Carolingian dynasty

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Carolingian Renaissance

The Carolingian Renaissance was the first of three medieval renaissances, a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire.

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Cazis

Cazis (Romansh: Tgazas) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Cazis are cultural property of national significance in Graubünden.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

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Chur

Chur ((locally) or; Coira; Cuera; Cuoira; Cuira; Coira; Cuera or Cuira; Coire)CVRIA, CVRIA RHAETORVM and CVRIA RAETORVM. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Chur are cultural property of national significance in Graubünden.

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Cloister

A cloister (from Latin, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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Council of Trent

The Council of Trent (Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death.

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Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations.

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David

David ("beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.

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Disentis Abbey

Disentis Abbey (Reichskloster Disentis) is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Grisons in eastern Switzerland, around which the present town of Disentis (Mustér) grew up. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Disentis Abbey are 8th-century establishments in Switzerland, buildings and structures in Graubünden and Churches in Graubünden.

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Grey League

The Grey League (Grauer Bund, Lega Grigia, Ligia Grischa or Lia Grischa), sometimes called Oberbund, formed in 1395 in the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein valleys, Raetia.

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Grisons

The Grisons or Graubünden,Names include.

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Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.

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Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas (Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea.

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Herodias

Herodias (Ἡρῳδιάς, Hērōidiás; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire.

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House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.

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Iconography of Charlemagne

The rich iconography of Charlemagne is a reflection of Charlemagne's special position in Europe's collective memory, as the greatest of the Frankish kings, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, unifier of Western Europe, protector of the Catholic Church, promoter of education and of the Carolingian Renaissance, fictional precursor of the crusades, one of the Nine Worthies, a (contested) Catholic saint, and a national icon in Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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John the Baptist

John the Baptist (–) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD.

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Last Judgment

The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (translit or label) is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism.

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League of God's House

The League of God's House (German: Gotteshausbund, Italian: Lega Caddea, Lia da la Chadé) was formed in what is now Switzerland on 29 January 1367, to resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.

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Nave

The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel.

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Nun

A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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Old Swiss Confederacy

The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German or), initially within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Parable of the Ten Virgins

The Parable of the Ten Virgins, also known as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of the ten bridesmaids, is one of the parables of Jesus.

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Passion of Jesus

The Passion (from Latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels.

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Pfäfers

Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Romanesque art

Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region.

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Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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Sacrament

A sacrament is a Christian rite that is recognized as being particularly important and significant.

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Saint Stephen

Stephen (wreath, crown, and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', often given as a title rather than as a name; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity.

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Santa Maria Val Müstair

Santa Maria Val Müstair (Soncha Maria) is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Santa Maria Val Müstair are val Müstair.

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Sigmund von Riezler

Sigmund Riezler or Siegmund Riezler (after 1900 von Riezler; 2 May or 5 May 1843 in Munich – 28 January 1927 in Ambach) was a German historian.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Swabian War

The Swabian War of 1499 (Schwoobechrieg (spelling depending on dialect), called Schwabenkrieg or Schweizerkrieg ("Swiss War") in Germany and ("War of the Engadin" in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val Müstair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of hand when both parties called upon their allies for help; the Habsburgs demanding the support of the Swabian League, while the Federation of the Three Leagues of the Grisons turning to the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Tübingen

Tübingen (Dibenga) is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Three Leagues

The Three Leagues, sometimes referred to as Raetia, was the 1471 alliance between the League of God's House, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions, and the Grey League.

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Tower house

A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.

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Val Müstair

Val Müstair (Münstertal) is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Saint John Abbey, Müstair and Val Müstair are cultural property of national significance in Graubünden and World Heritage Sites in Switzerland.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John_Abbey,_Müstair

Also known as Benedictine Convent of Saint John, St. John's Abbey, Muestair, St. John's Abbey, Müstair.

, Rule of Saint Benedict, Sacrament, Saint Stephen, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Sigmund von Riezler, Stucco, Swabian War, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Tübingen, Three Leagues, Tower house, Val Müstair, World Heritage Site.

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See also

8th-century establishments in Switzerland

Benedictine nunneries in Switzerland

Buildings and structures in Graubünden

Carolingian architecture

Churches in Graubünden

History museums in Switzerland

Museums in Graubünden

Religious museums in Switzerland

Romanesque architecture in Switzerland

Val Müstair

World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

References