Abbess

An Abbess is in charge of a community of nuns or monks, or alternatively priors or prioress (depending on gender, if female, then head of women community, and if male, then head of men community.) who usually lived in an abbey. The Saint of Abbott or the Maiden of the South, are a good examples of the kind of contributions nuns and monks were making to the education. The Maiden of the South wasn't what’s known as a Polymath, which is someone who knows a lot about a wide range of subjects, while the Saint of Abbott was a Pastor-turned-Leader.