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Abstract
Details of Benedict's life come primarily from the second book of the
Dialogues
of Gregory the Great and from Benedict's own
Rule for Monks
. Born in c.480 in Nursia, just outside Rome, Benedict was educated in Rome before adopting a life of asceticism. He spent three years living as a hermit at Subiaco before becoming abbot of a nearby monastery. In time Benedict learned that these monks were, in Gregory's words, “mad with anger” at Benedict for his insistence on living a well‐disciplined monastic life. After an attempt on his life, Benedict returned to his hermitage at Subiaco where he was soon joined by numerous disciples, purportedly organizing them into 12 monasteries. Benedict subsequently retired to Monte Cassino with a number of followers, founding there a true cenobitic monastery following his own monastic rule.
Title: Benedictines
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Abstract
Details of Benedict's life come primarily from the second book of the
Dialogues
of Gregory the Great and from Benedict's own
Rule for Monks
.
Born in c.
480 in Nursia, just outside Rome, Benedict was educated in Rome before adopting a life of asceticism.
He spent three years living as a hermit at Subiaco before becoming abbot of a nearby monastery.
In time Benedict learned that these monks were, in Gregory's words, “mad with anger” at Benedict for his insistence on living a well‐disciplined monastic life.
After an attempt on his life, Benedict returned to his hermitage at Subiaco where he was soon joined by numerous disciples, purportedly organizing them into 12 monasteries.
Benedict subsequently retired to Monte Cassino with a number of followers, founding there a true cenobitic monastery following his own monastic rule.
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