{"slug": "benedictines", "label": "Benedictines", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictines", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131132", "qid": "Q131132", "description": "Catholic monastic order", "entries": 98, "years": 96, "span": [360, 1882], "span_label": ["360 CE", "1882 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 57}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 23}, {"title": "Births", "count": 16}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Benedictine", "Benedictine order", "Order of Saint Benedict", "Order of St. Benedict"], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "douai", "label": "Douai", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lerins-abbey", "label": "Lérins Abbey", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "monte-cassino", "label": "Monte Cassino", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "anselm-of-canterbury", "label": "Anselm of Canterbury", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "saracen", "label": "Saracen", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "dunstan", "label": "Dunstan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bavaria", "label": "Bavaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 360, "year_label": "360 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "At about this date, Ligugé Abbey in France is founded for the monastic Order of Saint Benedict by Martin of Tours, under dispensation from Bishop Hilary of Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332419195#Religion", "title": "AD 360", "revid": 1332419195, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 529, "year_label": "529 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Benedictine Order is established at Monte Cassino near Naples by Benedict of Nursia, who founds a monastery and formulates for his monks strict rules in the \"Regula Benedicti\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351343002#Religion", "title": "529", "revid": 1351343002, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Basolus, French Benedictine and hermit (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Births", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 581, "year_label": "581 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Lombards under Zotto, Duke of Benevento, sack the abbey of Monte Cassino near Naples. The Benedictine monks who survive flee to Rome, but they return to the site, and rebuild the monastery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801589#Europe", "title": "581", "revid": 1340801589, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 595, "year_label": "595 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June", "text": "June – Pope Gregory I the Great sends a group of Benedictine monks under Augustine of Canterbury on a mission to Britain, to Christianize King Æthelberht, and convert the Kingdom of Kent from native Anglo-Saxon paganism. He carries letters of commendation to bishops, and is accompanied by Frankish interpreters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658603#Religion", "title": "595", "revid": 1367658603, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gregorian Mission: Augustine of Canterbury lands with a group of missionaries on the Isle of Thanet (South East England). He is welcomed by King Æthelberht of Kent, who accepts baptism (along with the rest of his court) at the behest of his Christian Frankish wife, Bertha. Æthelbert assigns Augustine and his 40 monks a residence at Canterbury, where they found a Benedictine monastery that will make the town a centre of Christianity (or 596).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Religion", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 620, "year_label": "620 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria (Germany) is founded by Benedictine monks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749611#Religion", "title": "620", "revid": 1364749611, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 627, "year_label": "627 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Amatus, Benedictine abbot and hermit", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346712156#Deaths", "title": "627", "revid": 1346712156, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 630, "year_label": "630 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eanswith, daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, founds the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, the first nunnery in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803540#Britain", "title": "630", "revid": 1340803540, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 666, "year_label": "666 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Earconwald, Anglo-Saxon abbot, establishes the Benedictine abbeys, Chertsey Abbey (Surrey) for men and Barking Abbey (now in east London) for women.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368711664#Religion", "title": "AD 666", "revid": 1368711664, "section": "Events › By place › Religion"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Deaths", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Merewalh of Magonsæte founds the monastery of Wenlock Priory in Shropshire, England, appointing his daughter Milburga as Benedictine abbess.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Religion", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 684, "year_label": "684 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aldegund, Frankish Benedictine abbess", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805928#Deaths", "title": "684", "revid": 1340805928, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Plague kills almost all of the Benedictine monks in the monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (Northumbria), aside from the abbot Ceolfrith and one small boy – future scholar Bede.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Religion", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 690, "year_label": "690 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle, (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806273#Religion", "title": "690", "revid": 1340806273, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord establishes a Benedictine training centre for priests and young noblemen. This seminary later becomes Utrecht University.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Religion", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Civil War within the Pepinid clan: A revolt erupts between the Neustrian Franks and Frisians. King Radbod forces bishop Willibrord and his Benedictine monks to flee, and advances as far as Cologne (Germany). Frisia (modern-day Netherlands) once again becomes independent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Europe", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 730, "year_label": "730 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Autpert Ambrose, Frankish Benedictine monk (d. 784)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808684#Births", "title": "730", "revid": 1340808684, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 762, "year_label": "762 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Schäftlarn Abbey (Bavaria) is founded by Waltrich, a Benedictine monk of noble family, south of modern-day Munich, Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847727#Religion", "title": "762", "revid": 1340847727, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 795, "year_label": "795 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Paul the Deacon, a Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino, completes the History of the Lombards (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848647#Religion", "title": "795", "revid": 1340848647, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 801, "year_label": "801 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Rabanus Maurus, Frankish Benedictine monk, takes his vows in the monastery of Fulda and receives ordination as a deacon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369675421#Religion", "title": "801", "revid": 1369675421, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 810, "year_label": "810 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848812#Births", "title": "810", "revid": 1340848812, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 812, "year_label": "812 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Candidus of Fulda, Benedictine scholar", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345909676#Deaths", "title": "812", "revid": 1345909676, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 813, "year_label": "813 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wandelbert, Benedictine monk (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340940841#Births", "title": "813", "revid": 1340940841, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 820, "year_label": "820 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Grimbald, Frankish Benedictine monk (d. 901)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013367#Births", "title": "820", "revid": 1345013367, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 822, "year_label": "822 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes abbot of Fulda, after the death of Eigil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074664#Religion", "title": "822", "revid": 1267074664, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 840, "year_label": "840 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Berengaudus, Benedictine monk (d. 892)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666598#Births", "title": "840", "revid": 1367666598, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 841, "year_label": "841 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Vikings sail up the River Seine and devastate the city of Rouen in Normandy. They burn the Benedictine monastery of Jumièges Abbey; 68 captives are taken, and returned on payment of a ransom, by the monks of St. Denis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360650312#Europe", "title": "841", "revid": 1360650312, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 847, "year_label": "847 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes archbishop of Mainz after the death of Odgar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348153742#Religion", "title": "847", "revid": 1348153742, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Wilfred the Hairy, count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll, in Catalonia (Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Religion", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 883, "year_label": "883 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129939#Deaths", "title": "883", "revid": 1341129939, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Berengaudus, Frankish Benedictine monk (b. 840)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Deaths", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Grimbald, Frankish Benedictine monk (b. 820)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Deaths", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 910, "year_label": "910 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "William I (the Pious) of Aquitaine, donates land in Burgundy for the building of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to the saints Peter and Paul. Hence the Abbey of Cluny, becomes the largest in the West. In the foundation charter, William renounces all rights to the monastery and nominates Berno as the first abbot of Cluny (Eastern France). He places the monastery directly under the control of the Papal See.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130820#Religion", "title": "910", "revid": 1341130820, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 934, "year_label": "934 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Einsiedeln Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, is founded (modern Switzerland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512094#Religion", "title": "934", "revid": 1341512094, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 945, "year_label": "945 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury Abbey in England. He re-creates monastic life by establishing Benedictine monasticism in the monastery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365595392#Religion", "title": "945", "revid": 1365595392, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 950, "year_label": "950 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Notker III, German Benedictine monk (d. 1022)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260811#Births", "title": "950", "revid": 1365260811, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 954, "year_label": "954 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Seborga (modern-day Liguria) comes under the jurisdiction of the Benedictine monks of Santo Onorato of Lérins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360671354#Religion", "title": "954", "revid": 1360671354, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 960, "year_label": "960 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dunstan receives the pallium as archbishop of Canterbury from Pope John XII. He reforms monasteries and enforces the rule of Saint Benedict: poverty, chastity and obedience for monks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272128#England", "title": "960", "revid": 1365272128, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Re-foundation of Peterborough (also called Medeshamstede) Abbey in England as a Benedictine monastery by Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Religion", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 978, "year_label": "978 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice, escapes from Venice and travels to the Benedictine abbey of Michel-de-Cuxa (Southern France). He is succeeded by Vitale Candiano (not the bishop of Grado) as doge of Venice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272344#Europe", "title": "978", "revid": 1365272344, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 980, "year_label": "980 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Notker (or Notger), Frankish Benedictine monk and bishop, founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium) which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#Religion", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 985, "year_label": "985 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Amalfitan Benedictines found the only Latin Christian monastery on Mount Athos with the support of John the Iberian. The monastery will last until 1287.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468346#Religion", "title": "985", "revid": 1364468346, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 998, "year_label": "998 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bishop Wulfsige III establishes a Benedictine abbey at Sherborne (Dorsetshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365593041#Religion", "title": "998", "revid": 1365593041, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1003, "year_label": "1003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Count Oliba (Taillefer) Ripoll. Oliba takes up the Benedictine habit at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369535158#Europe", "title": "1003", "revid": 1369535158, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1016, "year_label": "1016 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Simeon of Mantua, Armenian Benedictine monk", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261531#Deaths", "title": "1016", "revid": 1365261531, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1018, "year_label": "1018 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Buckfast Abbey (located near Buckfastleigh) is founded as a Benedictine monastery in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367470608#Religion", "title": "1018", "revid": 1367470608, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1022, "year_label": "1022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – Atenulf, Italian nobleman and Benedictine abbot", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213197#Deaths", "title": "1022", "revid": 1342213197, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1024, "year_label": "1024 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Alpert of Metz, French Benedictine chronicler", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213215#Deaths", "title": "1024", "revid": 1342213215, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1026, "year_label": "1026 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Lidanus, Lombard Benedictine abbot (d. 1118)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365590752#Births", "title": "1026", "revid": 1365590752, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1040, "year_label": "1040 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ernulf, French Benedictine monk and bishop (d. 1124)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365593173#Births", "title": "1040", "revid": 1365593173, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1057, "year_label": "1057 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Íñigo of Oña, Spanish Benedictine abbot", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335991921#Deaths", "title": "1057", "revid": 1335991921, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1060, "year_label": "1060 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368549974#Religion", "title": "1060", "revid": 1368549974, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1062, "year_label": "1062 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem (modern Belgium).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361243522#Religion", "title": "1062", "revid": 1361243522, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1070, "year_label": "1070 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327891061#Events", "title": "1070", "revid": 1327891061, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1075, "year_label": "1075 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Orderic Vitalis, English Benedictine chronicler", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265849#Births", "title": "1075", "revid": 1365265849, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1076, "year_label": "1076 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Anselm of Aosta, an Italian Benedictine abbot, completes his Monologion at the request of his fellow monks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362789427#Literature", "title": "1076", "revid": 1362789427, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 1080, "year_label": "1080 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Benno II, bishop of Osnabrück, founds the Benedictine abby of Iburg Castle (modern Germany).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363303187#Religion", "title": "1080", "revid": 1363303187, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1082, "year_label": "1082 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Goswin of Anchin, French Benedictine monk and abbot (d. 1165)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070113#Births", "title": "1082", "revid": 1267070113, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1093, "year_label": "1093 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – Anselm, Italian Benedictine abbot and theologian, becomes archbishop of Canterbury in England, succeeding Lanfranc. 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