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The Rule of Saint Benedict

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by Benedict of Nursia

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which manuscript of the rule of st benedict is more authentic and original and why?
Luca "Codex 914" in the monastic library of St. Gall in Switzerland is considered to be the "most authentic" for a few reasons. Charlemagne commissioned th…more"Codex 914" in the monastic library of St. Gall in Switzerland is considered to be the "most authentic" for a few reasons. Charlemagne commissioned the copy, and there is a surviving letter from a monk called Paul Warnefried that accompanied the copy to Aachen, Charlemagne's imperial capital in present-day Germany, stating the "Codex 914" was copied from Benedict's original at Monte Cassino, which also happened to be St. Benedict's monastery. The copy traveled with Grimault to St. Gall in 841, where it has remained ever since.

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