The Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus

Download or read book The Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus written by Odo (of Glanfeuil, Abbot) and published by Cistercian Publications Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first of Benedict's disciples to be identified by name in Gregory the Great's Life of the monastic founder, Maurus serves there to illustrate by example rather than abstract principles the monastic virtues which Benedict inculcated. As the Benedictine Rule spread across the Carolingian Empire in the ninth century, Maurus reappears again, this time as the apostle of Benedictine monasticism north of the Alps. The Abbey of Glanfeuil claimed him as its founder, and from there a Life - purported to be copied from an ancient manuscript - and a Little Book of his miracles extended devotion to Maurus throughout France, and beyond."--BOOK JACKET.