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Benedictines

Catholic monastic order

98 dated entries naming Benedictines, drawn from 96 separate years between 360 CE and 1882 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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4th century

  • 360At 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.source

6th century

  • 529The 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".source
  • 555Basolus, French Benedictine and hermit (approximate date)source
  • 581The 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.source
  • 595June – 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.source
  • 597Gregorian 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).source

7th century

  • 620Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria (Germany) is founded by Benedictine monks.source
  • 627Amatus, Benedictine abbot and hermitsource
  • 630Eanswith, daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, founds the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, the first nunnery in England.source
  • 666Earconwald, Anglo-Saxon abbot, establishes the Benedictine abbeys, Chertsey Abbey (Surrey) for men and Barking Abbey (now in east London) for women.source
  • 675February 21 – Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandvalsource
  • 680King Merewalh of Magonsæte founds the monastery of Wenlock Priory in Shropshire, England, appointing his daughter Milburga as Benedictine abbess.source
  • 684Aldegund, Frankish Benedictine abbesssource
  • 686Plague 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.source
  • 690Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle, (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians.source
  • 695Willibrord establishes a Benedictine training centre for priests and young noblemen. This seminary later becomes Utrecht University.source

8th century

  • 714Civil 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.source
  • 730Autpert Ambrose, Frankish Benedictine monk (died 784)source
  • 762Schäftlarn Abbey (Bavaria) is founded by Waltrich, a Benedictine monk of noble family, south of modern-day Munich, Germany.source
  • 795Paul the Deacon, a Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino, completes the History of the Lombards (approximate date).source

9th century

  • 801Rabanus Maurus, Frankish Benedictine monk, takes his vows in the monastery of Fulda and receives ordination as a deacon.source
  • 810Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet (approximate date)source
  • 812Candidus of Fulda, Benedictine scholarsource
  • 813Wandelbert, Benedictine monk (approximate date)source
  • 820Grimbald, Frankish Benedictine monk (died 901)source
  • 822Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes abbot of Fulda, after the death of Eigil.source
  • 840Berengaudus, Benedictine monk (died 892)source
  • 841Summer – 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.source
  • 847April 21 – Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes archbishop of Mainz after the death of Odgar.source
  • 879Wilfred the Hairy, count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll, in Catalonia (Spain).source
  • 883Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poetsource
  • 892Berengaudus, Frankish Benedictine monk (born 840)source

10th century

  • 901July 8 – Grimbald, Frankish Benedictine monk (born 820)source
  • 910William 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.source
  • 934Einsiedeln Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, is founded (modern Switzerland).source
  • 945Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury Abbey in England. He re-creates monastic life by establishing Benedictine monasticism in the monastery.source
  • 950Notker III, German Benedictine monk (died 1022)source
  • 954Seborga (modern-day Liguria) comes under the jurisdiction of the Benedictine monks of Santo Onorato of Lérins.source
  • 960Dunstan 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.source
  • 966Re-foundation of Peterborough (also called Medeshamstede) Abbey in England as a Benedictine monastery by Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (approximate date).source
  • 978Pietro 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.source
  • 980Notker (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.source
  • 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
  • 998Bishop Wulfsige III establishes a Benedictine abbey at Sherborne (Dorsetshire).source

11th century

  • 1003Count Oliba (Taillefer) Ripoll. Oliba takes up the Benedictine habit at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll.source
  • 1016Simeon of Mantua, Armenian Benedictine monksource
  • 1018Buckfast Abbey (located near Buckfastleigh) is founded as a Benedictine monastery in England.source
  • 1022March 30 – Atenulf, Italian nobleman and Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1024Alpert of Metz, French Benedictine chroniclersource
  • 1026Lidanus, Lombard Benedictine abbot (died 1118)source
  • 1040Ernulf, French Benedictine monk and bishop (died 1124)source
  • 1057June 1 – Íñigo of Oña, Spanish Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1060Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice (approximate date).source
  • 1062Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem (modern Belgium).source
  • 1070August 15 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.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 (died 1165)source
  • 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 (died 1179)source

12th century

  • 1103Wivina, French Benedictine abbess (died 1168)source
  • 1107Saracen pirates raid the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat, on the Lérins Islands .source
  • 1109November 16 – Ingulf, Norman Benedictine abbotsource
  • 1110Thiofrid, Benedictine abbot of Echternachsource
  • 1112Benedict of Cagliari – Benedictine Bishop of Dolia, Sardiniasource
  • 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
  • 1125Saracen pirates raid the city of Antibes in Provence and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands (French Riviera).source
  • 1127March 23 – Ottone Frangipane, Italian Benedictine monk and saint (born 1040)source
  • 1129Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine abbess (died 1164)source
  • 1132Basingwerk Abbey originally Benedictine, and later Cistercian, is founded near Holywell in Wales.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
  • 1139Malachy gives the previously Benedictine St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, to monks of the Congregation of Savigny.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
  • 1168Wivina, French Benedictine abbess and saint (born 1103)source
  • 1179Westminster School is founded by Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command) in England.source
  • 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 (died 1259)source

13th century

  • 1203Ragnall mac Somairle, a Scottish nobleman, invites Benedictine monks to establish the abbey of Iona.source
  • 1210The church of St Helen's Bishopsgate in the City of London is founded, as a priory of Benedictine nuns.source
  • 1226May 10 – Beatrice d'Este, Italian Benedictine nun and saint (born 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
  • 1295Vitalis of Assisi, Italian Benedictine monk and hermit (died 1370)source

15th century

  • 1440March 9: Frances of Rome, Italian Benedictine nun and saint (born 1384)source

17th century

  • 1605The Priory of St. Gregory's is founded at Douai, Flanders, at this time in the Spanish Netherlands, by its first prior, John Roberts, and other exiles, thus becoming the first English Benedictine house to renew conventual life after the English Reformation. More than two centuries later the community will establish Downside Abbey back in England.source
  • 1616Ambrose Barlow, recently graduated from the College of Saint Gregory, Douai, France, and the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain, enters the Order of Saint Benedict. In 1641 he will be martyred in England.source
  • 1688Dame Mary Joseph Butler establishes a Benedictine house in Dublin.source

18th century

  • 1795English Benedictine monks expelled from the Priory of St. Gregory's at Douai, France are permitted to proceed to England where they settle as guests of Sir Edward Smythe at Acton Burnell, Shropshire; later they will establish Downside Abbey in Somerset. This year also English Benedictine nuns expelled from the Priory of Our Lady of Good Hope in Paris settle initially in Dorset; later they will form Saint Mary's Abbey, Colwich.source
  • 1795March – English Benedictine monks expelled from Douai are permitted to proceed to England.source

19th century

  • 1814The Benedictine monastic community is established at Downside in Somerset.source
  • 188228 October – six Benedictine monks return from France to commence the rebuilding of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, largely destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.source

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