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The Rule of Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict
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Benedict
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb02.htm
Illustrated profile of St. Benedict of Nursia.
Benedict, Abbot, Founder
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0711.htm
Biography of St. Benedict of Nursia.
Benedict, Founder of Western Monasticism
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/07/11.html
Biographical sketch. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
Benedict, Saint
http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/BenedctSt.html
Brief biographical entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia. Includes bibliography.
Breviary of Martin of Aragon: Saint Benedict
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/texte/manuscrit/aman11/i8_0054.htm
Illumination from a sixteenth-century Spanish book of hours.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Medal of St. Benedict
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13338a.htm
Description and explanation of the medal of St. Benedict.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Monasticism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10459a.htm
Contains supplemental information on the Rule of Benedict and on Benedictine monasticism.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Rule of St. Benedict
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02436a.htm
Lengthy article on the text of the Rule and its composition, some analysis, and practical application.
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Benedict of Nursia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm
Long article on St. Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism, and on his Rule.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Western Monasticism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10472a.htm
This article does say something about St. Benedict and his Rule, about 1/4 of the way down, but please see also the articles on those two subjects for more information. Describes the spread of the Benedictine Rule in the West in some detail.
Catholic Online: Saint Benedict
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=26
Meditation on the life of St. Benedict, by Terry Matz.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Saint Benedict
http://ccel.org/b/benedict/benedict.html
Biographical entry from volume III of the 9th ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1878.
Fulgens Radiatur
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12RADIA.HTM
Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on St. Benedict. Promulgated in 1947.
Saint Benedict of Nursia
http://www.osb.org/gen/bendct.html
Biography, by the late Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen, O.S.B.
Saint Benedict, Abbot, Founder of Western Monastic
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/BENEDICT.htm
From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.
St. Benedict and His Order: A Brief History
http://www.christdesert.org/noframes/scholar/benedict/benedict_history.html
Courtesy of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
St. Benedict: An Outline of His Life
http://www.officine.it/montecassino/storia_e/benedett.htm
Illustrated, and with links. From the Abbey of Montecassino.
St. Procopius Abbey: St. Benedict
http://www.procopius.org/benedict.htm
Short biography. Illustrated.
The Ecole Glossary: St. Benedict
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/benedict.html
Brief biography, by Melissa Smeltzer.
The Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CSPBMEDL.htm
An explanation of its origin, meaning of its symbolism, and use.
The Second Book of the Dialogues
http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG0062.htm
The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict. By Gregory the Great.
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society: St. Benedict
http://www.tntt.org/vni/tlieu/saints/St0711.htm
The story of his life. Suitable for children.