Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, countess of

Japanese: ハンティンドン（英語表記）Huntingdon， Selina Hastings， countess of

Born: August 24, 1707.
[Died] June 17, 1791.
Founder of the "Community of the Countess of Huntingdon" in England. Born into an aristocratic family, she married Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon (1728). She joined J. Wesley's Methodist movement and worked to spread Methodism, especially among the aristocracy, becoming a central figure in the 18th century Evangelical Revival. In her later years, she organized the many churches she had founded into the "Community of the Countess of Huntingdon" (90).

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[生]1707.8.24.
[没]1791.6.17.
イギリスの「ハンティンドン伯爵夫人団体」の創立者。貴族の家に生れ，セオフィラス・ハンティンドン伯爵と結婚 (1728) 。 J.ウェスリーのメソジスト運動に加わり，特に貴族階級へのメソジスト運動普及をはかり，18世紀の福音主義復興の中心人物となった。晩年，彼女が創設した多数の教会を，「ハンティンドン伯爵夫人団体」に組織した (90) 。

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