History of Catholic monasticism

founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially in English speaking countries, after the colour of their habits, although some, like the Olivetans, wear white. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine mon

abbey located in Saône-et-Loire, in France

book of precepts

changes within medieval monasticism

Christian devotional practice

6th centurry Benedictine monk

monastery in Estonia

German abbot and theologian

Monastic rule followed by the Order of Friars Minor

Soviet linguist (1882-1936)

manor or other centre of an outlying farming estate belonging to a monastery

order founded by Gilbert of Sempringham

12th-century didactic treatise on female monastic life

Series of synods held at Aachen between 816 and 819

Benedictine abbey in Metz, France

Roman Catholic religious congregation for women