The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...

Archaeologists are set to conclude a four-week long dig at the site of a Benedictine abbey. Cerne Abbey in Dorset was demolished in 1539 during the Dissolution and, until excavations last year ...

Archaeologists are back at the site of a Benedictine abbey in a bid to discover the position and layout of its buildings. Cerne Abbey in Dorset was demolished in 1539 during the Dissolution and ...

Why was an additional church needed in such a position? To answer that question we have to recall that Westminster Abbey was originally a Benedictine Abbey. In 1065 Edward the Confessor gave orders ...

(OSV News photo/Mary Kelly, St. Anselm’s Abbey School) (OSV News) — A Benedictine abbot, former college professor and ...

Surrounding area tip for Munich: The Benedictine abbey of Andechs with its pilgrimage church is located on a hill on the Ammersee. The landmark of Andechs, visible even from a distance and open ...