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  2. 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.

  3. Synods of Aachen (816–819) - Wikipedia

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    The Synods of Aachen between 816 and 819 were a landmark in regulations for the monastic life in the Frankish realm.The Benedictine Rule was declared the universally valid norm for communities of monks and nuns, while canonical orders were distinguished from monastic communities and unique regulations were laid down for them: the Institutio canonicorum Aquisgranensis.

  4. Benedictines - Wikipedia

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    The order is represented internationally by the Benedictine Confederation, an organization set up in 1893 to represent the order's shared interests. They do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction but elect an Abbot Primate to represent themselves to the Vatican and to the world.

  5. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    A religious order is characterized by an authority structure where a superior general has jurisdiction over the order's dependent communities. An exception is the Order of Saint Benedict which is not a religious order in this technical sense, because it has a system of independent houses, meaning that each abbey is autonomous. However, the ...

  6. Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed ...

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    The nuns live according to the rules of Benedict of Nursia. [6] The order has a contemplative character, and the center of life is the adoration of the Eucharist. Depending on the monastery, the sisters bake the host, produce rosaries, icons, candles and food products. [6]

  7. Order of St Benedict (Anglican) - Wikipedia

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    St Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–543), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, San Marco, Florence (c. 1400–1455). There are a number of Benedictine Anglican religious orders, some of them using the name Order of St. Benedict (OSB). Just like their Roman Catholic counterparts, each abbey/priory/convent is independent of each other.

  8. Benedict of Nursia - Wikipedia

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    The present-day Order of Saint Benedict emerged later and, moreover, is not an "order" as the term is commonly understood, but a confederation of autonomous congregations. [6] Benedict's main achievement, his Rule of Saint Benedict, contains a set of rules for his monks to follow.

  9. English Benedictine Reform - Wikipedia

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    The English Benedictine Reform or Monastic Reform of the English church in the late tenth century was a religious and intellectual movement in the later Anglo-Saxon period. In the mid-tenth century almost all monasteries were staffed by secular clergy , who were often married.