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  2. Benedict of Nursia - Wikipedia

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    Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian Catholic monk. He is famed in the Catholic Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church , the Lutheran Churches , the Anglican Communion , and Old Catholic Churches .

  3. Rule of Saint Benedict - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Romanus of Subiaco - Wikipedia

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    He is remembered as having assisted and influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia, when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit. Romanus provided Benedict with clothing (a religious habit), food, and housing (in the form of a cave above the river Anio, which Benedict lived in for 3 years. [2] Romanus is said to have gone to Gaul, where he ...

  5. Benedictines - Wikipedia

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    Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–543); detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico (c. 1400–1455) in the Friary of San Marco Florence. The monastery at Subiaco in Italy, established by Benedict of Nursia c. 529, was the first of the dozen monasteries he founded. He later founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino.

  6. Benedictus van Haeften - Wikipedia

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    Van Haeften is the author of a learned and painstaking work of monastic researches in the life and rule of St. Benedict. Professor Carme López Calderón suggests that the engravings in Van Haeften's Schola cordis were used as a reference in the decoration of the "Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Ojos Grandes" in Lugo Cathedral. [2]

  7. Rule of life - Wikipedia

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    Religious institutes generally follow a rule of life, i.e., one of the great religious rules as guidance to their life and growth in their religious journey.These are: the Rule of St. Basil, the Rule of Saint Benedict, the Rule of Saint Augustine, and the Rule of Saint Francis. [1]

  8. San Benedetto, Catania - Wikipedia

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    The vault and semi-dome were frescoed in 1726-1729 by Giovanni Tuccari with depictions of the Life of Saint Benedict and six Allegories surrounding the Triumph of Saint Benedict. The Saint is represented in his traditional iconography, in a festive and cheerful scenario. The high altar is in polychrome marble with hardstone intarsia and bronze ...

  9. Ora et labora - Wikipedia

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    Ora et Labora is a publication of Benedictine High School and St. Andrew Abbey. [6] While the monastic life of the monks of Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey is centered upon the liturgy, their primary occupation is teaching. They find this "a successful symbiosis of Cistercian life and apostolic mission". [7]