Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded in France: Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines. This volume also includes the first English translation of the Regula cuiusdam Patris ad Virgines, or the Rule of Walbert, compiled by the seventh-century Count Walbert from various earlier rules designed for women, including those of Columban, Benedict, Cassian, and Basil. This book begins with an extensive introduction to the history of Columban and his monks, as well as various indices and notes, which will be of interest to students and enthusiasts of monastic studies.

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Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded in France: Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines. This volume also includes the first English translation of the Regula cuiusdam Patris ad Virgines, or the Rule of Walbert, compiled by the seventh-century Count Walbert from various earlier rules designed for women, including those of Columban, Benedict, Cassian, and Basil. This book begins with an extensive introduction to the history of Columban and his monks, as well as various indices and notes, which will be of interest to students and enthusiasts of monastic studies.

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Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

by Terrence G. Kardong OSB
Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

by Terrence G. Kardong OSB

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Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded in France: Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines. This volume also includes the first English translation of the Regula cuiusdam Patris ad Virgines, or the Rule of Walbert, compiled by the seventh-century Count Walbert from various earlier rules designed for women, including those of Columban, Benedict, Cassian, and Basil. This book begins with an extensive introduction to the history of Columban and his monks, as well as various indices and notes, which will be of interest to students and enthusiasts of monastic studies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780879071707
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 02/27/2018
Series: Cistercian Studies Series , #270
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 276
File size: 797 KB

About the Author

Terrence G. Kardong, OSB, (1936–2019), was a monk of Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota. He served as the editor of The American Benedictine Review, and was the author of many books and articles. 

Table of Contents

Contents
 
List of Abbreviations
Preface
 
Introduction: Columban and His Posterity
 
The Rule of Columban
   Rule of Monks (Regula Monachorum)
   Cenobitic Rule (Regula Coenobialis)
   Penitential (Paenitentiale)
   Rule of Walbert (Regula Walberti)
 
Bibliography
 
Index A: Biblical References
Index B: References to the Rule of Saint Benedict
Index C: Patristic and Monastic Sources
Index D: Topics Discussed in Notes
Index E: Latin and Greek Words and Phrases Discussed in Notes
Index F: Glossary of Columbanian Persons and Places
 
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