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The Abbey of Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a Catholic, Benedictine monastery on a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast

hierarchy. They are instead organized as a collection of autonomous monasteries and convents, some known as abbeys. The order is represented internationally

Benedictine monastery of Montecassino. Stephen was elected to succeed Victor on 2 August 1057. As pope, Stephen retained the Montecassino abbacy, enforced

yet his pontificate is far less notable than his time as Desiderio da Montecassino, the great abbot of Monte Cassino. He is the most recent lawfully elected

abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Saint Paul outside the Walls since June 2022. He previously served as Abbot of Montecassino from 2014 to 2022, and

Amatus of Montecassino (Latin: Amatus Casinensis), (11th century) was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Montecassino who is best known for his historical

the Baptist. From that moment on, he would never leave Montecassino: he founded the monastery that became a model for the Western monasticism and one

Abbey", Straße der Kaiser und Könige "Göttweig Abbey – the Austrian Montecassino", The World Heritage Journeys of the European Union project  This article

Abbey or Monte Cassino Archicoenobium (Italian: Abbazia territoriale di Montecassino) is a territorial abbey in Italy and a see of the Roman Catholic Church

seignory, of the powerful Abbey of Montecassino, the chief monastery of the Mezzogiorno and one of the first Western monasteries: founded by Benedict of Nursia