> Here is one of those basic questions that I just realized I didn't
> know the
> answer to. Is there any evidence before Gregory I's Life of Benedict,
> that
> the latter was the author of the Rule for Monks attributed to him?
> Does all
> later evidence stem from Gregory's Vita or are there independent
> testimonies
> to Benedict's authorship.
> thanks,
Do you know the book by Francis Clark - I can't remember the title, but
I have seen it in the Ampleforth Library, so no doubt Fr Anselm can
supply it - which casts doubt on Gregory's authorship of the Vita,
maintaining that was written by someone in the papal curia a good deal
later than Gregory? If that is true - and I gather that its opinions
have not found universal favour - then we really do know very little
about Benedict.
Oriens.
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