Hermits, monks and friars

Monasteries Hermits St. Benedict of Nursia Abbey of Monte Cassino 529 The Abbey Of Montecassino Abbey of Cluny 910 Location of monasteries Abbey of Cluny - by Hilgar Abbey of Cluny - plan Abbey of Cluny - reconstruction Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Monastery of Citeaux Charta of Cistercians Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance (Trappists) The Carmelite Order Saint Bruno (1030-1101) Saint Bruno Into Great Silence - a film by Philip Groening, 2005 La Grande Chartreuse Chartreuse liqueurs Carthusian Order Mendicant Orders Mendicant Friars Saint Francis (1181-1226) St. Francis of Assisi Franciscan Orders Saint Dominic (1170-1221) Saints on Line: Dominic St. Dominic Dominican Homepage Rules Rules of St. Augustine (c. 400) Rules of St. Benedict (530) Rules of St. Francis (1223) Rules of St. Clare (1253) Rules of St. Ignatius Loyola (c. 1541) Fundamental Constitution of the Order of Preachers (1221)