Benedictine

For other uses, see Benedictine (disambiguation).

A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. Such a person may live the Consecrated Life (that is, as a monk or nun according to Church Law) or not (for example, as an oblate).

While all the various communities of the Order of Saint Benedict, founded in the sixth century, are within the Catholic Church, other communities bearing his name, though historically unrelated can be found in the Anglican Communion and other Christian religious denominations as well. Anglican Benedictines trace their earliest foundations to the nineteenth century Oxford Movement.

For the main articles on the Benedictine way of religious living, see Rule of St Benedict, Benedictine Confederation, Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine Sisters, and Oblates of Saint Benedict.

Outside a monastic context, "Benedictine" may also refer to a follower of another Benedict, especially a Saint Benedict or a Pope Benedict. "Benedictine" is also used as a more general adjective; thus, the papacy of a particular Pope Benedict may be called the "Benedictine era".

See also

• Carthusian
• Saint Vincent College
• Saint Emma Monastery
• Saint Louis Abbey

External links

• The Order of Saint Benedict - Official website of the order
• Nakili 'O Lani (Window To Heaven) Abbey - Benedictine Monastery-Without-Walls
• Glenstal Benedictine Abbey - Website of Benedictine Abbey located in Limerick, Ireland
• Benedictine Sisters - Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri; Tucson, Arizona; Sand Springs, Oklahoma; and Dayton, Wyoming, USA
• Saint Benedict's Monastery in Saint Joseph, MN
• College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
• St. Benedict's Abbey - Benedictine Brothers and Fathers in America's Heartland
• The Holy Rule of St. Benedict - Online translation by Rev. Boniface Verheyen, OSB, of St. Benedict's Abbey
• Benedictine College - Dynamically Catholic, Benedictine, Liberal Arts, and Residential

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