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Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church , modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the Old Testament .
Christian monks by nationality (54 C, 1 P) + Fictional Christian monks (21 P) A. Christian abbots (4 C, 3 P) This page was last edited on 22 November 2019, at ...
The Monk is an epithet for: Abraham the Monk, Christian monk who converted to Judaism about 614; Cosmas the Monk, 7th-century Sicilian monk; Epiphanius the Monk, 8th or 9th-century monk, priest, and author in Constantinople; Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate born near Boulogne
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits and ascetics, who lived primarily in the Scetes desert of the Roman province of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD. The Apophthegmata Patrum is a collection of the wisdom of some of the early desert monks and nuns , in print as Sayings of the Desert Fathers .
Pages in category "English Christian monks" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Monk – The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer [2] Friar Tuck – Robin Hood [3] Ambrosio - The Monk [4] William of Baskerville – The Name of the Rose [5] Brother Cadfael – protagonist of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters [6]
Albertus Magnus (c. 1206 – 1280) – Dominican friar and Bishop of Regensburg who has been described as "one of the most famous precursors of modern science in the High Middle Ages." [7] Patron saint of natural sciences; Works in physics, logic, metaphysics, biology, and psychology.
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. [2] They were founded by Benedict of Nursia , a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his Rule.