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Rudolf of Fulda (died March 8, 862) [1] was a Benedictine monk during the Carolingian period in the 9th century. Rudolf was active at Fulda Abbey in the present-day German state of Hesse. He was one of the most distinguished scholars of his time. Many of his works have been lost. However, his Annals of Fulda and Life of St. Leoba survive.
Anglican Benedictine Abbots are invited guests of the Benedictine Abbot Primate in Rome at Abbatial gatherings at Sant'Anselmo. [33] In 1168 local Benedictine monks instigated the anti-semitic blood libel of Harold of Gloucester as a template for explaining child deaths. According to historian Joe Hillaby, the blood libel of Harold was ...
Arnold Wyon, also known as Arnold de Wion, was a Benedictine monk and historian born in Douai (at the time in the Spanish Netherlands) 15 May 1554, and died near Mantua, Italy around 1610. Life [ edit ]
Shaken by the changes brought on by the Second Vatican Council, he founded the abbey as a way to continue the traditional practice and life of the Benedictine Monks and the traditional liturgy of the Catholic Church. In 1979 a female branch was founded, the Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation . [1] In 1986 the community numbered 53 monks. [4]
Saint Benedict's model for the monastic life was the family, with the abbot as father and all the monks as brothers. Priesthood was not initially an important part of Benedictine monasticism – monks used the services of their local priest. Because of this, almost all the Rule is applicable to communities of women under the authority of an ...
John of Fécamp, (early 11th century - 22 February 1079) was an Italian-Norman Benedictine who was the most widely read of early medieval spiritual writers before the Imitation of Christ became popular (published circa 1418–1427), [1] during a period called the Golden Age of Monasticism and of Scholasticism, [2] [3] and the height of the Papacy. [4]
Abbo was born near Orléans and brought up in the Benedictine abbey of Fleury. [3] He was educated at Paris and Reims , devoting himself to philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. He spent two years (985–987) in England , mostly in the newly founded monastery of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire , assisting Archbishop Oswald of York in restoring the ...
Lambert Beauduin, OSB (August 5, 1873 – January 11, 1960) was a Belgian Benedictine monk who founded the monastery now known as Chevetogne Abbey in 1925. [1] He was a leading member of the Belgian liturgical movement and a pioneer of the European liturgical revival.