Murphy, Westport, Conn: Hyperion Press, 1979. Opera Omnia, Paris, 1870. BENEDICT, ST., OF NURSIA (c. 480–c. 543). Founder of monasticism in western Europe. Established Monte Cassino (c. 529) which became the leading monastery of the Benedictine Order. Formulated the Rule of St. Benedict (in Latin and English, London: Burns & Oates, 1932) under the influence of earlier rules by John Cassian and Basil, to regulate the life of monks, giving spiritual authority to the abbot to be elected by vote. The
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