abbot
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Arms of a Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold crozier with a veil attached and a black [[galero with twelve tassels (the galero of a territorial abbot would be green).]]
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An abbot is a senior religious leader in a monastery or abbey, typically within the Catholic Church, who can be identified by distinctive ceremonial symbols like a golden crozier (staff) with an attached veil and a special hat called a galero. This rank matters because it designates authority and spiritual leadership within monastic communities, with variations in regalia indicating different levels of responsibility, such as whether an abbot has territorial jurisdiction.
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16 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Monastic history
- Early history
- Later Middle Ages
- Appointments
- General information
- Modern practices
- Abbatial hierarchy
- Modern abbots not as superior
- Eastern Christian
- Honorary and other uses of the title
- Abbots in art and literature
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
right|thumb|Arms of a Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold crozier with a veil attached and a black [[galero with twelve tassels (the galero of a territorial abbot would be green).]]
thumb|upright|St. Dominic of Silos enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)