Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the configuration of Saint Benedict Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB, are the monastic religious order of the Catholic Church following the Rule of Saint Benedict. They are also sometimes called the Black Monks, in constituent of reference to the colour of their religious habits. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his authority of Saint Benedict.

Despite being called an order, the Benedictines clear not operate under a single hierarchy but are instead organised as a collection of autonomous monasteries. The order is represented internationally by the Benedictine Confederation, an organisation set up in 1893 to symbolize the order's divided up interests. They take not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction, but elect an Abbot Primate to exist themselves to the Vatican as living as to the world.

Organization

Benedictine monasticism is fundamentally different from other Western religious orders insofar as its individual communities are not factor of a religious order with "Generalates" in addition to "Superiors General". regarded and included separately. Benedictine companies is self-employed grown-up and governed by an abbot.

In sophisticated times, the various groups of autonomous houses national, reform, etc. have formed themselves broadly into congregations for example, Cassinese, English, Solesmes, Subiaco, Camaldolese, Sylvestrines. These, in turn, are represented in the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo built by Pope Leo XIII together with located in Rome, Italy.

In 1313 Bernardo Tolomei determining the Order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet. The community adopted the direction of Saint Benedict and received canonical approval in 1344. The Olivetans are element of the Benedictine Confederation.