Anne Worsley religious name Anne of the Ascension was an English catholic nun.
10 Facts About Anne Worsley
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Anne Worsley was the founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent in Antwerp.
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Anne Worsley's father had lived on the Isle of Wight.
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Anne Worsley decided on a religious life at the age of fifteen when she was living abroad.
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Anne Worsley decided to be a nun and opted for the Carmelites.
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Anne Worsley initially chosen to become a poor Clare but her mother said the life was too austere so the Carmelites gained a novice.
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Anne Worsley was the founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent in Antwerp where her first novice was younger sister Theresa.
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Anne Worsley had visited Antwerp with her mentor Anne of Saint Bartholomew and other sources attribute the leadership of the Antwerp convent to her until she died in 1626.
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Anne Worsley had been separated from her mentor Anne of St Bartholomew and so when Mary Lovel created a new English Carmel in Antwerp she transferred.
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The exiled recusant Mary Lovel was not always pleased with the way Anne Worsley organised the new convent and she found the management difficult.