Benedictine: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	O.S.B. • Order of Saint Benedict
Areas Of Involvement	Benedictine Rule
Related People	Saint Wilfrid • William Of Hirsau • St. Robert of Molesme • Hugh Paulin Cressy

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Founder of the Benedictines

Illuminated parchment scroll from 15th-century France, partially unrolled to reveal handwritten text, colored lines, and an illustration of a castle at the top.

Divine office at a Benedictine abbey

A Benedictine monk restoring incunabula at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Tuscany, Italy.

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