Benedictine Order

At present the Benedictine Order has twenty-seven conventual priories.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

These Franciscan Celestines are not to be confounded with the Order of Celestine hermits, a branch of the Benedictine Order, which the same pope founded about 1254 before his accession to the papacy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

Greek Fathers, for the history of the Benedictine Order and the lives of its saints, for the "Gallia Christiana" and the Histoire

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The Benedictine Order, who normally have their own arrangement of psalms and nocturns, differing from the Roman, on these three days conform to the ordinary Roman practice.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

To the Benedictine Order belongs the honour of having established the first college within the university, St. Peter's, better known as Peterhouse.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It is probable that he was a monk, and a member of the Benedictine Order, although this also has been disputed, some historians maintaining that he was simply a member of the secular clergy, even when he exercised the office of abbot at Tours.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

He was of noble birth, of the Jonschwyl family in Toggenburg, and was educated in the monastery of St. Gall; after joining the Benedictine Order, he was appointed director of the inner school there.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Of late, however, certain branches of the Benedictine Order seem to have lost their original autonomy to some extent.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

He was educated at Downside, and formed a desire both then and later in life to enter the Benedictine Order, but his weak health was an insuperable obstacle to the realization of his wishes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Cassiodorus, and the Benedictine Order carried the work on for the seven succeeding centuries.

A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Alfred Wesley Wishart 1899