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.

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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/

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Monte Cassino Abbey affiliation Benedictine Confederation
Subiaco Abbey affiliation Benedictine Confederation
Abbot Primate associatedWith Benedictine Confederation
Saint Benedict of Nursia associatedWith Benedictine Confederation
Benedictine Confederation hasOrgan Benedictine Confederation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Congress of Abbots
Benedictines hasOrganization Benedictine Confederation
Abbot Primate jurisdictionOver Benedictine Confederation
Abbot Primate partOf Benedictine Confederation
Abbot Primate represents Benedictine Confederation