Benedictine Confederation
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The Benedictine Confederation is the international union that loosely links together the autonomous Benedictine monasteries and congregations worldwide under a common spiritual and organizational framework.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Congress of Abbots | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monastic organization
ⓘ
religious confederation ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Latin Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| appointedBy | Pope ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm
ⓘ
surface form:
College of Sant’Anselmo
Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm ⓘ Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino ⓘ |
| composition |
autonomous Benedictine congregations
ⓘ
independent Benedictine monasteries ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| followsRule | Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| governancePrinciple |
federative structure
ⓘ
monastic autonomy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
each monastery retains autonomy
ⓘ
international scope ⓘ loose federation of autonomous monasteries ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
men’s monasteries
ⓘ
territorial abbeys ⓘ women’s monasteries ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Pax ⓘ |
| hasOffice | Abbot Primate ⓘ |
| hasOrgan |
Benedictine Confederation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Congress of Abbots
Curia of the Abbot Primate ⓘ Abbot Primate ⓘ
surface form:
Synod of Abbots President
|
| headquartersLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| inception | 1893 ⓘ |
| includes |
Benedictines
ⓘ
surface form:
Benedictine abbeys
Benedictines ⓘ
surface form:
Benedictine congregations
Benedictines ⓘ
surface form:
Benedictine monasteries
Benedictine priories ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Abbot Primate ⓘ |
| legalForm | canonical public body under Church law ⓘ |
| memberOf | Benedictine family ⓘ |
| purpose |
to coordinate common interests of Benedictine congregations
ⓘ
to promote unity among Benedictine monasteries ⓘ to represent Benedictines at the Holy See ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Holy See ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder |
Benedictines
ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Saint Benedict
|
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| spiritualFocus | prayer and work (ora et labora) ⓘ |
| spiritualTradition | Benedictine spirituality ⓘ |
| website | https://www.osb.org/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Congress of Abbots