Rule of St Benedict

Benedict, Rule of St

Benedict, Rule of St. The monastic Rule drawn up by St Benedict of Nursia c.540 for his monks, mostly laymen, at Monte Cassino. Drawing freely on earlier Rules, Benedict created a taut, inclusive, and individual directory of the spiritual as well as of the administrative life of a monastery. See also BENEDICTINE ORDER.

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Rule of St Benedict

Rule of St Benedict; Rule of the Master. See BENEDICT, RULE OF ST; REGULA MAGISTRI.

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