Benedictines
Catholic monastic order
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Summary
Benedictines is a monastic order[1]. Benedictines draws 11,080 Wikipedia views per month (monastic order category, ranking #2 of 17).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: organization[5], Catholic order[6]
- Founder: Benedict of Nursia[7]
- Named after: Benedict of Nursia[8]
- Headquarters location: Church of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, Rome[9]
- Child organization or unit: Nuns of the order of Saint Benedict[10]
- Commons category: Order of Saint Benedict[11]
- Patron saint: Mary[12]
- Field of this occupation: Benedictine spirituality[13]
- Archives at: Stadsarchief Poperinge[14]
- Has part(s): benedictine monk[15], Ordre monastique de Chalais[16]
- Inception: 529[17]
- Location of formation: Abbey of Monte Cassino[18]
- Official website: http://www.osb.org/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Order of Saint Benedict[20]
- Main subject: lifestance organisation[21]
- OpenStreetMap tag: community=OSB[22]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[23], Riemann's Music Dictionary[24], Vlastenský slovník historický[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[32]
- Official name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti[33]
- Motto text: Ora et Labora[34]
- Motto: ora et labora[35]
- Subject named as: Benediktiner[36]
- Short name: O.S.B.[37]
- Owner of: Vreta Abbey[38]
Why It Matters
Benedictines has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Benedictines is known by 189 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]