medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Having visited Monte Cassino a few years ago, you could not tell that the
abbey had been bombed by looking at it.
Tom Izbicki
At 05:56 PM 8/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Yes, Monte Cassino still exists, rebuilt after the bombardment. There are
>presently only twenty-two monks there, according the the AD 2000 catalogus.
>I don't know the extent to which the bombardment obliterated the tombs and
>tombstones, but I imagine the damage was quite serious.
>Thomas Sullivan, OSB
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wendy Reardon [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> > Subject: Re: [M-R] Benedict's body
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> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > Does Monte Cassino still exist? I thought it was levelled during WWII. I
> > would be VERY interested to know just how much of it remains, as Victor
> > III
> > was buried there.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Wendy Reardon
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> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:44 PM
> > Subject: [M-R] Benedict's body
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> >
> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> > > Dear Colleagues:
> > >
> > > Does Monte Cassino still make a claim to having the body of St.
> > > Benedict? Has the papacy or the church or the Benedictine Confederation
> > in
> > > some way ruled on the competing claims of Fleury and Monte Cassino?
> > >
> > >
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