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8 matches to Benedictines
Benedict of Nursia, St. 480-547. Italian monastic. Benedictine Rule 535.
Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.
Clunaics. 910-12C. Strict Benedictine Order.
Gregory I, St. Benedictine Pope 590-604. Developed Plainsong, Gregorian chant. Sent Augustine to Canterbury.
Guido d’Arezzo. c990-1050. Italian Benedictine monk. Invented musical staff.
Mabillon, Jean. 1632-1707. French Benedictine scholar. Science of diplomatics. De re diplomatica 1681.
Montecassino. 529. Oldest Benedictine Monastery.
Westminster Abbey. 7C Benedictine monastery. 1050-65 New Building, additions by Edward the Confessor; 1245 by Henry III. West towers 1745. Used for all British coronations since William I.