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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 ...
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]
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.
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]
Bernard the Pilgrim (fl. 865), also called Bernard the Wise (Latin: Bernardus Sapiens) and Bernard the Monk, was a ninth-century Frankish monk. He is most recognisable for the composition of a travelogue , in which he details his journey around the Mediterranean, travelling through Italy, Egypt, the Holy Land , and France.
Ruins of St Michael's chapel, Lammana (on the mainland) Lammana Priory was a priory on Looe Island in Cornwall , UK, consisting of two Benedictine monks until 1289. It was owned by Glastonbury Abbey and the property was sold in 1289 to a local landowner.
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.
The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy.