Benedictines (Organization) AKA Order of Saint Benedict, OSB, Black Monks
Benedictines
529 AD - 1327 AD
AKA Order of Saint Benedict, OSB, Black Monks
A monastic religious order of the Catholic Church following the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy but are instead organised as a collection of autonomous monasteries; they do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction.
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