The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established ... Salmon, venison, teal, snipe and swan could also be eaten in this season. There was ...

Cassian Folsom is the founder and prior of the Monks of Norcia, an order of Benedictine monks in the Italian hometown of Saint Benedict and his sister Saint Scholastica. The monks — who ...

The town’s fame has much to do with its being the birthplace of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism. The Basilica di San Benedetto and the adjoining monastery, which Benedictine ...

Criterion (iv): The Abbey of St Gall may be considered as a typical example of a large Benedictine monastery, centre of art and knowledge, with its rich library and scriptorium. The successive ...

For half a century, the existence of this modernist masterpiece in the United States has been mainly known to the Benedictine monks who worship there, and the hordes of architects who make ...