RMJF82KF–St Romuald Receives the Rule of St Benedict, The Dream of St Romuald c 1400 Pittore Pisano Italy
RMA8FM89–France Abbaye de St Michel de Frigolet Stained Glass Windows Cistercian Monks Lived Here Under Simplistic Rule of St Benedict
RMK0R5AA–Benedictine monks rehearsing Gregorian chant, 1907 France. Rule of St Benedict.
RMR23J3F–Line drawing of St Benedict handing his book (the Rule) to a group of monks symbolising the foundation of Western monasticism. Dated 12th Century
RMG2NJAD–Line drawing of St Benedict handing his book (the Rule) to a group of monks symbolising the foundation of Western monasticism. Dated 12th Century
RF2E25M8F–Saint Germain des Pres church, Paris, France. Capital. Saints holding the rule of St Benedict
RF2B5P2BT–St Anselm on the Aventine in Rome, the seat of the Abbot Primate of all monks under the Rule of St Benedict and also a famous Pontifical Atheneum
RMR54P51–St. Benedict delivering his Rule. Rule of St Benedict. France [Monastery of St. Gilles, Nimes]; 1129. (Miniature only) St. Benedict delivering his Rule to St. Maurus and other monks of his order Image taken from Rule of St Benedict. Originally published/produced in France [Monastery of St. Gilles, Nimes]; 1129. . Source: Add. 16979, f.21v. Language: Latin.
RFT5WYN9–Benedictine Nun refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict vintage line drawing or engraving illustrat
RF2H3K0EE–St. Benedict of Nursia, Catholic engraving vector. Catholic monk. Catholic Saint. Father of Western monasticism. Patron saint of Europe.
RMC8GA5D–St. Benedict's rule, Library at the Abbey of Melk, Melk, Lower Austria, Austria
RM2HP5D6F–Croxden Cistercian ancient 12th Century Monastery in Staffordshire England
RMP554J5–The Order of Aviz is a Portuguese religious order of knights.. . 'After the conquest of Aviz the military castle erected there became the motherhouse of the order, and they were then called Knights of St. Benedict of Aviz, since they adopted the Benedictine rule in 1162. They were indebted to the Cistercians for their rule and their habit — a white mantle with a green fleur-de-lysed cross.'. . Handcolored copperplate engraving of a knight from a religious military order from Robert von Spalart's 'Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' (1
RM2J8HA9A–Detail of servant from Judith and Holofernes, 1599 (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Palazzo Barberini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Judith dressed to seduce the Assyrian general Holofernes in his tent before decapitating him with a sword, thus freeing the Jewish people from his tyranny (detail from 135309)); Italian, out of copyright.
RMHR7Y49–St. Benedict delivering his rule to the monks of his order
RM2BJM4PK–Author: Nicol di Giacomo da Bologna. Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial 'O' from a
RMMNXE12–. 1137 St. Benedict delivering his rule to the monks of his order
RF2K0W1R4–The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux. Clervaux, Luxembourg.
RM2E70EMG–Pope Benedict XVI holds his pastoral staff during a mass for the canonisation of five new saints in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican October 23, 2005. The Pope reaffirmed the Roman Catholic rule of priestly celibacy on Sunday, rejecting suggestions that the way to confront the Church's shortage of priests was to allow them to marry. [Speaking at the first canonisation ceremony of his six-month pontificate, he also expressed solidarity with the Church in China, where the communist government does not allow Catholics to openly recognize the Pope and the Vatican].
RMJF82KJ–St Romuald Receives the Rule of St Benedict, The Dream of St Romuald c 1400 Pittore Pisano Italy
RMA8FM8E–France Abbaye de St Michel de Frigolet Stained Glass Windows Cistercian Monks Lived Here Under Simplistic Rule of St Benedict
RMK0R5A7–Benedictine monks rehearsing Gregorian chant, 1907 France. Rule of St Benedict.
RM2E70EMF–Pope Benedict XVI holds his pastoral staff during a mass for the canonisation of five new saints in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican October 23, 2005. [The Pope reaffirmed the Roman Catholic rule of priestly celibacy on Sunday, rejecting suggestions that the way to confront the Church's shortage of priests was to allow them to marry. Speaking at the first canonisation ceremony of his six-month pontificate, he also expressed solidarity with the Church in China, where the communist government does not allow Catholics to openly recognise the Pope and the Vatican.]
RM2ANB33T–The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . was secured. The Order is subject to the rule of St. Benedict, and hadits seat originally at Pisa, where the founder erected forit two splendid cloisters, one for the Grand Prior and theKnights, and the other for the Prior who wore the GrandCross and the episcopal robe in his clerical functions. Thechurch service was performed by the chaplains, who took thevows of chastity, poverty and obedience. The statutes, confirmed by Pope Pius IV., were formedafter those of the Order of St. John, as were also the insigniaand
RM2HHDT56–St. Benedict delivering his rule to the monks of his order.
RF2B5P1NH–St Anselm on the Aventine in Rome, the seat of the Abbot Primate of all monks under the Rule of St Benedict and also a famous Pontifical Atheneum
RMR5GHC7–Dunstan writes Benedictine Rule. Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict. Christ Church Canterbury; circa 1170. (Whole folio) St. Dunstan writing out the Rule of St. Benedict in a book. He holds a quill pen and a knife, an inkpot rests on the desk. Image taken from Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict. Originally published/produced in Christ Church Canterbury; circa 1170. . Source: Royal 10 A. XIII, f.2v. Language: Latin.
RMR167X0–An old illustration depicting St Augustine announcing his arrival in Britain to the King of Kent in 597AD on the Isle of Thanet
RM2M5D8T1–File photo - Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- At the end of a consistory ceremony Pope Francis and a group of cardinals meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a chapel at the Vatican on November 19, 2016. Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, during an Ordinar
RF2CJP05X–Details of the ceiling paintings in famous Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Hermits in Pilgrimage Town of Einsiedeln (city’s name-means hermitage)
RM2HP5D7A–Croxden Cistercian ancient 12th Century Monastery in Staffordshire England
RMP55WFH–The Order of Aviz is a Portuguese religious order of knights.. . 'After the conquest of Aviz the military castle erected there became the motherhouse of the order, and they were then called Knights of St. Benedict of Aviz, since they adopted the Benedictine rule in 1162. They were indebted to the Cistercians for their rule and their habit — a white mantle with a green fleur-de-lysed cross.'. . Handcolored copperplate engraving of a knight from a religious military order from Robert von Spalart's 'Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' (1
RM2J828BR–Detail of the Dragon from the drawing Fight between a Dragon and a Lion (brown ink with wash on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (school of); Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Italian, out of copyright.
RMCEHAXN–London: Tyburn Convent
RMRKPBHT–Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial ''O'' from a Choirbook - 1375/99 - Italian (Bologna)
RFF2XNM7–Abbey of Valmagne and vineyards panorama
RF2K0W1JP–The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux. Clervaux, Luxembourg.
RMB30Y62–gothic cloister of noirlac abbey
RM2J45K6P–Spain, Catalonia, Monistrol de Montserrat: Inaugurated in 1930, the Aeri de Montserrat yellow cable car provides one of the means of access to the Mon
RMA8FM8B–France Abbaye de St Michel de Frigolet Stained Glass Windows Cistercian Monks Lived Here Under Simplistic Rule of St Benedict
RMKGBX9J–Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire UK Wales re monastries dissolution architectural detail ancient ruins
RM2C2JH52–Vaucluse Provence France Senanque Abbey - Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under the Simplistic Rule of St Benedict
RM2E7ABWG–A tapestry with the picture of Chilean Fhather Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga is exhibited during mass for the canonisation of five new saints celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican October 23, 2005.[The Pope reaffirmed the Roman Catholic rule of priestly celibacy on Sunday, rejecting suggestions that the way to confront the Church's shortage of priests was to allow them to marry. Speaking at the first canonisation ceremony of his six-month pontificate, he also expressed solidarity with the Church in China, where the communist government does not allow Catholics to open
RFMNBPDB–Ampleforth Abbey and College, York
RF2B5P0FD–St Anselm on the Aventine in Rome, the seat of the Abbot Primate of all monks under the Rule of St Benedict and also a famous Pontifical Atheneum
RMR52921–St. Benedict giving the Rule to the monks. Framed by an arch, St. Benedict is seated, while monks approach with an open book. The scribe, Eadui Basan, kneels embracing the saint's feet. Above, the Hand of God appears holding an inscribed scroll,. Eadui Psalter. England [Canterbury]; 1012-1023. Source: Arundel 155, f.133. Language: Latin.
RMJPXBR9–Selby Abbey, Yorkshire UK with its original tower as it was in 1660
RM2M5D8PR–File photo - Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- At the end of a consistory ceremony Pope Francis and a group of cardinals meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a chapel at the Vatican on November 19, 2016. Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, during an Ordinar
RF2CJP06T–Details of the ceiling paintings in famous Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Hermits in Pilgrimage Town of Einsiedeln (city’s name-means hermitage)
RM2HP5D72–Croxden Cistercian ancient 12th Century Monastery in Staffordshire England
RM2M5W7DA–File photo - Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- At the end of a consistory ceremony Pope Francis and a group of cardinals meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a chapel at the Vatican on November 19, 2016. Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, during an Ordinar
RM2J6X5GE–St. Benedict hands over the Rule of the New Order to the Monks of Monte Cassino (tempera on panel) by Vanni, Turino (1348-1438); Galleria dell'Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Italian, out of copyright.
RM2B28RJ9–A vintage illustration showing monks (scribes) in an abbey copying books by hand in the monastery's scriptorium, a room set aside in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts
RMRKXJ4B–Saint Benedict, initial 'O’, with border fragments from a Missal - 1491 - Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop German, about 1460–1517 - Artist:
RM2AX0WFK–The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . a correspondingto Lauds, is incontestably one of the most ancientoffices and can be traced back to Apostolic times. Inthe sixth century St. Benedict gives us a very de-tailed description of them in his Rule (chap, xii andxiii): the psalms (almost identical with those of theRoman Liturgy), the canticle, the last three psalms,the capitulum, hymn, versicle, the canticle Benedic-tus, and the concluding part. St. Columbanus and theIrish documents gi
RF2K0W1N9–The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux. Clervaux, Luxembourg.
RM2J4XGX6–Chapter House of ruined Rievaulx Cistercian Abbey founded 1132 - suppressed 1538.
RM2J45K6R–Spain, Catalonia, Monistrol de Montserrat: Inaugurated in 1930, the Aeri de Montserrat yellow cable car provides one of the means of access to the Mon
RFJGXN4G–The Cloister, Fontenay Abbey, Burgundy, France. Late romanesque architecture in the Cistercian style.
RMKGBXJ6–Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire UK Wales re monastries dissolution architectural detail ancient ruins
RM2C6249H–Abbaye De Senanque Vaucluse Provence France Cloisters Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under Simplistic Rule Of St Benedict
RMABWNM6–Canterbury Cathedral Kent England UK
RMDRW007–Abbaye de Senanque Vaucluse Provence France Cistercian Cloisters Madonna & Child- Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under the Simplistic Rule of St Benedict - Monks Here Were Ill Due to Mosquitoes & So Were Moved to Abbaye de Frigolet
RFMNBPDE–Ampleforth Abbey and College, York
RM2C7GJ0K–Abbaye De Senanque Vaucluse Provence France Lavender Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under Simplistic Rule Of St Benedict
RMR5G4CD–The Choir of Confessors. Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester; 971-984. [Whole folio] The first of the Seven Choirs of Saints; the Choir of Confessors, set within an arched frame. Seven crowned saints, including Saint Benedict, shown in the centre, as the founder the Benedictine Order, and the Rule by which Aethelwold and his colleagues lived. Either side, St. Gregory the Great and St. Cuthbert; both monks were associated with the early flowering of monasrtic culture in England before the Viking invasions Image taken from Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Originally published/produced
RMAH0R48–Abbaye St Michel de Frigolet Provence France Abbey Cistercian Monks Who Lived Lived Under the Simplistic Rule of St Benedict
RF2CJP0PK–Details of the ceiling paintings in famous Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Hermits in Pilgrimage Town of Einsiedeln (city’s name-means hermitage)
RM2F3RHEP–Provence France Senanque Abbey Statue Of Queen Of Sheba - Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under the Simplistic Rule of St Benedict - Monks Here
RM2HP5D6D–Croxden Cistercian ancient 12th Century Monastery in Staffordshire England
RMA8FM90–France Abbaye de St Michel de Frigolet Stained Glass Windows Cistercian Monks Lived Here Under Simplistic Rule St Benedict
RM2M5W7DB–File photo - Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- At the end of a consistory ceremony Pope Francis and a group of cardinals meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a chapel at the Vatican on November 19, 2016. Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, during an Ordinar
RMA4HR90–France Abbaye de St Michel de Frigolet Stained Glass Windows Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under the Simplistic Rule
RM2DX9PX5–Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on September 28, 2014 where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as 'hidden euthanasia.' During the festive event in St
RMA65A4W–Abbaye St Michel de Frigolet Provence France Archangel Michael Slaying the Devil- Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived
RF2K0W1NC–The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux. Clervaux, Luxembourg.
RMRKXHWN–Saint Benedict, initial 'O’, with border fragments from a Missal - 1491 - Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop German, about 1460–1517 - Artist:
RM2J45K6W–Spain, Catalonia, Monistrol de Montserrat: Overview of the Montserrat religious complex at the bottom of the Montserrat Massif. Its monastery dates ba
RMKNM816–The Vision of Saint Benedict. Artist: Francesco de Mura (Italian, Naples 1696-1782 Naples); Date: 1740; Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and
RMKGBYG3–Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire UK Wales re monastries dissolution architectural detail ancient ruins
RMFCEA2F–France-Alsace- Marmoutier Abbey, otherwise Maursmünster Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Marmoutier in
RM2ANF6JR–Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine artsForming the second series of Sacred and legendary art . S.SCHOL/STlCHA Sj^vSTJNA B ^ S-MA^RO ^^PLKCIDO | . //, . /„ nedtc£&ru ,//? ST. BENEDICT. As abbot of Monte Cassino, he has sometimes the pastoral staff and mitre. He frequentlycarries an open book, onwhich are written the firstwords of his famous Rule,c Ausculta, Fili, VeiihaMagistri. Like other saints who haveresisted the attacks of thede-mon, he carries the asperge,or rod used to sprinkle holywater, here emblematical ofthe purity or holiness bywhich he conquered. Thethornb
RFMNBPD9–Ampleforth Abbey and College, York
RM2J4XGX4–Recreated arcade (foreground) in the cloister with 'laver' (washing) facility behind in the arcade wall of ruined Rievaulx Cistercian Abbey
RMR526TD–[Whole folio] Preface to the blessing for the Feast of St. Benedict, 11 July. St. Benedict,identified by an inscription reading: 'S[an]c[tu]s Benedictus Abbas' is enthroned under a curtained arch, with the background either side filled with architectural motifs. He has a golden fillet, representing the crown of life, round his head, and is dressed in Mass vestments. He holds a golden book, presumably his Rule, on his knee, and proffers a golden crown. In the background are buildings symbolizing the Kingdom of Heaven. The miniature is set in a frame of 'Winchester' acanthus, with round corner
RMKNX22D–Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut. Date: 12th century; Geography: Made in Aquitaine, France; Culture: French; Medium: Limestone; Dimensions:
RF2CJNYKY–Details of the ceiling paintings in famous Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Hermits in Pilgrimage Town of Einsiedeln (city’s name-means hermitage)
RMABWNM2–Canterbury Cathedral Kent England UK
RM2HP5D6N–Croxden Cistercian ancient 12th Century Monastery in Staffordshire England
RF2G6XG1F–Best foot forward ... a priestly trio dressed as medieval Roman Catholic Cistercian monks walk in line abreast with folded arms through Piazza Guglielmo Marconi at Anagni, Lazio, Italy, in an historical August pageant recalling its past as City of the Popes, the summer retreat between the 11th and 14th centuries of pontiffs who preferred its relative cool to the sweltering heat of Rome. Anagni was also the birthplace of popes Gregory IX and Boniface VIII.
RM2DX9PXE–Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on September 28, 2014 where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as 'hidden euthanasia.' During the festive event in St
RMAH0R08–Vaucluse Provence France Senanque Abbey Cloisters Cistercian Monks Who Lived Here Lived Under the Simplistic Rule St Benedict
RF2K0W1N6–The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux. Clervaux, Luxembourg.
RM2DJW4AA–Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. -- At the end of a consistory ceremony Pope Francis and a group of cardinals meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a chapel at the Vatican on November 19, 2016. Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, during an Ordinary Public Cons
RM2J45K6K–Spain, Catalonia, Monistrol de Montserrat: Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, notable for enshrining the image of the Virgin of Montserrat, with offerin
RMKGBX4G–Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire UK Wales re monastries dissolution architectural detail ancient ruins
RFMNBPDD–Ampleforth Abbey and College, York
RM2J4XGT9–View past the Presbytery of ruined Rievaulx Cistercian Abbey to Thomas Duncombe's Grecian style temple on the hill top
RF2CJP0PY–Details of the ceiling paintings in famous Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Hermits in Pilgrimage Town of Einsiedeln (city’s name-means hermitage)
RMABWNMA–detail of the facade Canterbury Cathedral Kent England UK
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