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  2. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - Wikipedia

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    After failing to do so, and with the approbation of pope John XIII and king Lothair, he decided to replace them with a monastery of the Benedict order, as mentioned in Introductio monachorum ("the installation of the monks"), a treaty written around 1080–1095 by a Mont-Saint-Michel monk trying to defend the independence of the monastery ...

  3. Euthymius the Great - Wikipedia

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    Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine.He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' vita was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism. [1]

  4. Mount Michael Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The monastery would be named Mount Michael because of its location at the highest elevation in Douglas County, Nebraska and because the land was given to the monks on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. The first building constructed was a simple chapel for the monks, built on the existing house.

  5. List of monasteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, a Roman Catholic monastery in Union City that closed in 1980. Monastery of the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Union City. Newark Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Newark. St. Paul's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located near Newton.

  6. Michael Maleinos - Wikipedia

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    Saint Michael Maleinos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Μαλεΐνος, c. 894 –12 July 961) was a Byzantine monk who commanded great respect among Christians of Asia Minor.He was the brother of general Constantine Maleinos and uncle of Nikephoros Phokas, who was greatly influenced by Michael and became Byzantine emperor several years after Michael's death.

  7. Monastery of St. Michael - Wikipedia

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    Monastery of St. Michael may refer to: Albania. St. Michael's Monastery Church, Nivan; Germany ... Cathedral of Saint Michael (disambiguation) Michaelion;

  8. List of Coptic monasteries - Wikipedia

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    Monastery of St. Shenouda (Left) & Monastery of St. Karas (Right). Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hawawish, Akhmim) St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs -

  9. Robert of Torigni - Wikipedia

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    Robert developed a reputation as being a pious monk, an accomplished diplomat, a skilled organiser [11] and a great lover and collector of books. [12] Under Robert de Torigni Mont Saint-Michel became a great centre of learning, with sixty monks producing copious manuscripts and a library collection so vast it was called the Cité des Livres ('City of Books'). [13]