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Benedictines

Catholic monastic order

36 dated entries naming Benedictines, drawn from 34 separate years between 985 CE and 1295 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

  • 985Amalfitan Benedictines found the only Latin Christian monastery on Mount Athos with the support of John the Iberian. The monastery will last until 1287.source

11th century

  • 1057June 1 – Íñigo of Oña, Spanish Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1062Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem (modern Belgium).source
  • 1075April 16 – Orderic Vitalis, English Benedictine chroniclersource
  • 1076Anselm of Aosta, an Italian Benedictine abbot, completes his Monologion at the request of his fellow monks.source
  • 1080Benno II, bishop of Osnabrück, founds the Benedictine abby of Iburg Castle (modern Germany).source
  • 1082Goswin of Anchin, French Benedictine monk and abbot (d. 1165)source
  • 1091Wolfhelm of Brauweiler, German Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1093March 6 – Anselm, Italian Benedictine abbot and theologian, becomes archbishop of Canterbury in England, succeeding Lanfranc. The post of archbishop has been left vacant since 1089 by King William II of England – so he can collect the church's income for himself.source
  • 1098Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess (d. 1179)source

12th century

  • 1103Wivina, French Benedictine abbess (d. 1168)source
  • 1109November 16 – Ingulf, Norman Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1110Thiofrid, Benedictine abbot of Echternachsource
  • 1115Clairvaux Abbey is founded by Bernard, French abbot and a major leader in the reform of Benedictine monasticism, in France.source
  • 1121Henry I founds Reading Abbey in England. The Cluniac Order populates the abbey.source
  • 1121January 7 – Erminold, German Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1124June 24 – Nicholas of Worcester, prior of the Benedictine priory of Worcester Cathedralsource
  • 1127March 23 – Ottone Frangipane, Italian Benedictine monk and saint (b. 1040)source
  • 1129Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine abbess (d. 1164)source
  • 1133The first convent on Iceland, the Þingeyraklaustur, is inaugurated at a monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict (located in Þingeyrar).source
  • 1136Hildegard of Bingen becomes abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Disibodenberg, upon the death of Jutta von Sponheim.source
  • 1149May 8 – Bernard du Bec, French Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1165Approximate date – Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess, founds Eibingen Abbey near Rüdesheim am Rhein.source
  • 1165Goswin of Anchin, Flemish Benedictine abbot (b. 1086)source
  • 1168Wivina, French Benedictine abbess and saint (b. 1103)source
  • 1179Westminster School is founded by Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command) in England.source
  • 1184March 28 – Eckbert of Schönau (or Egbert), German Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1197Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the city of Toulon in Provence, and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat, on the Lérins Islands.source
  • 1200Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (d. 1259)source

13th century

  • 1203Ragnall mac Somairle, a Scottish nobleman, invites Benedictine monks to establish the abbey of Iona.source
  • 1226May 10 – Beatrice d'Este, Italian Benedictine nun and saint (b. 1192)source
  • 1236May 6 – Roger of Wendover, English Benedictine monk and chronicler, dies at St Albans Abbey. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.source
  • 1253Matthew Paris, English Benedictine chronicler, completes the major part of his Chronica Majora, a chronicle of English history.source
  • 1262September 1 – Giuliana of Collalto, Italian Benedictine abbess and Blessedsource
  • 1275Eleanor of Brittany, Anglo-Norman Benedictine abbess (d. 1342)source
  • 1295Vitalis of Assisi, Italian Benedictine monk and hermit (d. 1370)source

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