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Book/Printed Material Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict. Regula Sanctissimi Patris nostri Benedicti

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Title

  • Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict.

Other Title

  • Regula Sanctissimi Patris nostri Benedicti

Summary

  • This copy of the Rule of Benedict is accompanied by the essential documents important for monks of the Congregation of Santa Giustina in Padua, Italy, one of the major 15th-century reform movements among Benedictines in Europe. Included are the constitutions of the congregation, which explain their interpretation and the application of Benedict's sixth-century rule to the congregation's own time and place, special privileges accorded to the congregation by the pope, and policies related to the Benedictine nuns who were affiliated with the congregation. Saint Benedict (circa 480--547) established the abbey and monastery of Monte Cassino in about 529; the origins of the Cassinese Congregation are linked to the Congregation of Santa Giustina. Books such as this are an important witness to the spirit of renewal at work in monasticism on the eve of the Reformation: ironically, this work was printed in the year before the appearance of Martin Luther's scathing criticism of monastic life, De votis monasticis (On monastic vows).

Names

  • Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino Author.

Created / Published

  • Florence : [publisher not identified], 1520.

Headings

  • -  Italy--Veneto--Padua
  • -  480 to 1520
  • -  Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino
  • -  Benedictines
  • -  Canon law
  • -  Monastic and religious life

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 169 leaves ; 21 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Saint John's Rare Books

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666834

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Benedict, Saint, Abbot Of Monte Cassino Author. Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict. [Florence: Publisher Not Identified, 1520] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666834/.

APA citation style:

Benedict, S. (1520) Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict. [Florence: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666834/.

MLA citation style:

Benedict, Saint, Abbot Of Monte Cassino Author. Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict. [Florence: Publisher Not Identified, 1520] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666834/>.