Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB

Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...

(born 3 June 1933) is an English Roman Catholic nun, ecological activist, and writer.

Born as Rosamond Mary Dent, she took the religious name of Sister Ancilla upon becoming a Benedictine nun. She was a nun at St Mildred's Abbey, Kent, England.

The elder daughter of William Herbert Shelley Dent and Mary Frances Katherine Petre, 19th Baroness Furnivall (b. 27 May 1900 - d. 24 December 1968), she and her younger sister, Patricia Mary Bence (b. 4 April 1935), are the descendents of Barons Furnivall

Baron Furnivall

Baron Furnivall is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. It was originally created when Thomas de Furnivall was summoned to the Model Parliament of 1295 as Lord Furnivall. The barony eventually passed to Thomas Nevill, who had married the first baron's descendant Joan de Furnivall, and he...

. The barony has been in abeyance since 1968.

Publications

• Ecology and Faith: The Writings of Pope John Paul II, edited by Sister Ancilla Dent, (publ. Berkhamsted, England: Arthur James, 1997). ISBN 0-85305-410-X

External links

• http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/catholic.htm
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p4947.htm