Mary Lovel, born Jane Roper and known as Mary Roper and Lady Lovel, was the founder of the English Carmelite convent in Antwerp.
13 Facts About Mary Lovel
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Mary Lovel's father was the chief clerk of the common pleas.
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Mary Lovel appears to have been called Jane but she was later called Mary.
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Mary Lovel's house in Highgate was a meeting place for Catholics.
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Mary Lovel left the convent anyway in 1609 as the prioress Joanne Berkeley did not agree with her view about confessors being Jesuits.
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When Mary Lovel created a new English Carmel in Antwerp Anne Worsley who had been a prioress previously transferred to the new house.
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Mary Lovel was not always pleased with the prioress organised the new convent.
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Mary Lovel would speak outside of the convent against its management.
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In 1622 Mary Lovel returned to England to raise more funds and when she returned she was annoyed that two Flemish nuns had joined the community.
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Mary Lovel threatened to cease funding the convent so the Flemish nuns had to be ejected.
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Mary Lovel lost interest in that convent in 1625 and decided to create another at Bruges.
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Mary Lovel died in Bruges in 1628 having not yet established her new convent.
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Mary Lovel was buried by the high altar of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges.