#benedictines

[illustratus]

Italian Monastery Hall with Benedictine Monks and View of Capri by Leo von Klenze

[namedvesta]

Jumièges Abbey (Monasterium Gemeticensis), benedictine monastery founded in 654 in Normandy, France

[mybeautifulpoland]

11th century Benedictine Abbey, Tyniec (Kraków), Poland by Barbara_Anna

[childfromheaven]

Saint Benedict and his twin sister Saint Scholastica.

Once a year, the two would meet in a farmhouse to discuss spiritual matters. On their final visit, knowing she was close to death, Scholastica asked Benedict to stay the night so they could continue their holy conversation. Benedict refused, citing his Rule which forbade monks from spending the night outside the monastery. Scholastica bowed her head and prayed. Immediately, a violent storm erupted, making it impossible for Benedict to leave. When Benedict asked what she had done, she replied: "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and He did listen." St. Gregory the Great later wrote of this moment: "She could do more because she loved more."

[medievalistsnet]

New Medieval Books: Blessed Mary and the Monks of England: Benedictines and Cistercians, 1000–1215

[mioritic]

Paul Sérusier (French, 1864–1927)

"Portrait of Jan Verkade at Beuron", 1903

Jan Verkade (b. Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus “Jan” Verkade, later Fr. Willibrord Verkade, OSB; Dutch, 1868–1946) was a post-impressionist painter, student of Gauguin, and member of the "Nabis". In 1892 he converted to Catholicism, later settling in the Benedictine Abbey of Beuron. He entered the abbey as a novice in 1894 and was ordained a priest in 1904.

Musée départemental Maurice Denis

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[sandbunne]

Monk OCs!