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The oldest copy of the Rule of Saint Benedict, from the eighth century (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 48, fols. 6v–7r). The Rule of Saint Benedict (Latin: Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin c. 530 by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.
In 1856, Wimmer started to lay the foundations for St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. In 1876, Herman Wolfe, of Saint Vincent Archabbey established Belmont Abbey in North Carolina. [38] By the time of his death in 1887, Wimmer had sent Benedictine monks to Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Illinois, and Colorado.
Originally named St. Louis on the Lake Abbey. [11] Located in the Diocese of St. Cloud under the patronage of St. John the Baptist. Saint Augustine Monastery (Nassau, Bahamas): founded in 1947; suppressed in 2005. Trinity Benedictine Monastery (Fujimi, Japan): founded in 1999; closed in 2016. St. Benedict's Abbey (Atchison, Kansas): founded in ...
When Judhael died around 605, although Judicael was his eldest son and heir, the throne was usurped by his younger brother, Haeloc, while Judicael preferred to retire to St John's Abbey in Gaël. [4] After the death of Haeloc in about 615, Judicael finally left the monastic life behind in order to rule Domnonée.
The abbey had initially followed an adaptation of the demanding Rule of St. Columbanus but later adopted the Rule of St. Benedict. In 1128 the nuns were replaced by a community of Benedictine monks. [1] At around the same time the dedication changed from Our Lady to Saint John the Baptist.
The Saint John's Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine abbey since the invention of the printing press.The project was headed by Donald Jackson, and work on the manuscript took place in both Wales and Minnesota.
St John's Abbey, also called Colchester Abbey, [1] was a Benedictine monastic institution in Colchester, Essex, founded in 1095. [2] It was dissolved in 1539. [1] Most of the abbey buildings were subsequently demolished to construct a large private house on the site, which was itself destroyed in fighting during the 1648 siege of Colchester.
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