medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>
> Today (11. July) is the feast day of:
>
> Benedict (d. c. 550) Benedict of Nursia, father of western
> monasticism, "father of Europe," etc. Little is known of Ben. aside
> from Gregory the Great's Dialogues. He studied in Rome but gave up
> his studies and retired to Subiaco as a hermit. He attracted
> disciples, whom he organized into a conveniently symbolic twelve
> communities of 10 monks each. In time he founded Monte Cassino,
> where he wrote his Rule, which of course relies very heavily on
> earlier rules. Today is the date of Ben's translatio and was
> established as his feast in 1969---so it can be celebrated outside of
> Lent; his death day was 21. March.
In the Sarum calendar, a Simple feast with double Invitatory, and three
lessons at Matins if his Lenten feast were celebrated with nine [were it? I
mean, was it? Has anyone been keeping track?]
John Briggs
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