When1: 529
When2: 530
Who: Benedict of Nursia
What: monk
Where: Monte Cassino, Italy
works\ Rule of St. Benedict [530: monasticism rules]
Detail: He lived 480 to 547 and organized first monastic system, Benedictines, at monastery south of Rome. Monks had to work, study, and pray {Benedict's Rule}. He became Roman Catholic saint. Benedictine Order had copies in many places, and some had women.
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