The Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus
Author | : Odo (of Glanfeuil, Abbot) |
Publisher | : Cistercian Publications Books |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015080680914 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "The first of Benedict's disciples to be identified by name in Gregory the Great's Life of the monastic founder, Maurus serves there to illustrate by example rather than abstract principles the monastic virtues which Benedict inculcated. As the Benedictine Rule spread across the Carolingian Empire in the ninth century, Maurus reappears again, this time as the apostle of Benedictine monasticism north of the Alps. The Abbey of Glanfeuil claimed him as its founder, and from there a Life - purported to be copied from an ancient manuscript - and a Little Book of his miracles extended devotion to Maurus throughout France, and beyond."--BOOK JACKET.