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el 18 de abril Beata Savina Petrilli. yossmaria Beata Savina PetrilliMore

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St. Stephen Harding - April 17 Co-founder of Cistercian Order (ca. 1050 - 1134) Stephen Harding was born in Dorset, England. He was a speaker of English, Norman French, and Latin. He was placed in the …More

St. Stephen Harding - April 17
Co-founder of Cistercian Order (ca. 1050 - 1134)
Stephen Harding was born in Dorset, England. He was a speaker of English, Norman French, and Latin. He was placed in the abbey of Sherbourne at a young age, but eventually put aside the cowl and became a travelling scholar. He eventually moved to the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, under the abbot Saint Robert of Molesme (c. 1027 - 1111).
When Robert left Molesme to avoid its corruption and laxity, Stephen and Saint Alberic went with him. They began a reform of the benedictine life now known as the Cistercian Order (often called Trappists). Unlike Alberic, Stephen was not ordered to return, and he remained in solitude with Robert. When twenty-one monks deserted Molesme to join Robert, Harding, and Alberic, the three leaders formed a new monastery at Citeaux.
Robert was initially abbot at Citeaux, returning to Molesme after a year. Alberic then took over, serving as abbot until his death in 1108. Stephen Harding …More

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The Pope is one of the last intellectuals in high office

With the departure of Pope Benedict XVI, the IQ count of public life has collapsed. Along with his seriousness, shyness and charm, the former professor of Freising College, Bonn University, Tubingen …More

With the departure of Pope Benedict XVI, the IQ count of public life has collapsed. Along with his seriousness, shyness and charm, the former professor of Freising College, Bonn University, Tubingen University and Regensburg University, had that extremely rare quality – intellect.
Public office doesn't normally attract intellectuals. People who are obsessed with reading books are usually, like the Pope, rather shy and not by nature keen on the self-promotion and public appearances required of politicians.
High religious office is different. Although it produces the same public prominence, it doesn't necessarily require the same self-promoting, unintellectual, electioneering characteristics. It's striking that Rowan Williams is also, like the Pope, an intellectual.
That's not to say modern politicians aren't clever. David Cameron is the first Prime Minister since Harold Wilson to get an Oxbridge First; Harvard's Barack Obama is extremely intelligent, and a very good writer. But they're …More

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San Roberto di Molesme - il 17 aprile. FamigliaCristiana. Martirologio Romano: Nel monastero di Molesme in Francia, san Roberto, abate, che, alla ricerca di una vita monastica più semplice e austera …More

San Roberto di Molesme - il 17 aprile.
FamigliaCristiana. Martirologio Romano: Nel monastero di Molesme in Francia, san Roberto, abate, che, alla ricerca di una vita monastica più semplice e austera, già instancabile fondatore e rettore di cenobi, nonché guida di eremiti e insigne riformatore della disciplina regolare, fondò un monastero cistercense, del quale fu primo abate e, ritornato poi a Molesme in qualità di abate, qui riposò in pace.

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