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Benedict of Nursia

(ca. 480–ca. 543). Est. a monastery at Monte* Cassino (ca. 529); using earlier writings (of Basil, Cassian, and others), he worked out the Rule of 529, almost universally adopted in the Middle Ages by W monasteries. The rule shows excellence in organizing the worship, reading, and laboring activities of monks. See also Benedictines; Breviary; Cowl; Regula Chrodegangi.


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