medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Does anybody know if there is a link between Cassian and Monte Cassino,
i.e., was Monte Cassino named after Cassian? Benedict does recognize his
debt to Cassian at the end of the Rule, and I've wondered if there was
some sort of connection.
Steve Cartwright
Western Michigan University
Thomas Sullivan, OSB wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>I am not a Cassian scholar so I quote from Columba Stewart's Cassian the
>Monk (New York, Oxford, 1998), p. 4:
> "First, his name: he is always called "Cassianus" by his
>contemporaries and near contemporaries. In his own works, the name
>"Johannes" appears only twice, and "Cassianus" never. It may be that Cassian
>was his given name and John a monastic one. Cassianus was a common enough
>name, derived from the even more common Cassius; both were found throughout
>eastern and western regions of the Mediterranean world. The name itself
>tells us nothing about his birthplace."
>
>Thomas Sullivan, OSB
>Conception Abbey
>Conception Missouri
>
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