Woyera Benedict, Woyera wa tsiku la 11 Julayi

(c. 480 - c. 547)

Mbiri ya San Benedetto
Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti palibe mbiri yatsopano yomwe idalembedwa za munthu yemwe amachititsa kwambiri ku West. Benedetto amadziwika bwino mu zokambirana zam'tsogolo za San Gregorio, koma izi ndi zojambula zosonyeza zozizwitsa pazantchito yake.

Benedetto anabadwira kubanja losiyana pakati m'chigawo cha Italy, adaphunzira ku Roma ndipo adakopeka ndi monastism kumayambiriro kwa moyo wake. Poyamba adakhala mtsogoleri, kusiya dziko lokhumudwitsa: Asitikali achikunja akuyenda, Mpingo wokhadzulidwa ndi chipwirikiti, anthu akuvutika ndi nkhondo, amakhalidwe pamlingo wotsika wa Reflux.

Posakhalitsa adazindikira kuti sangakhale moyo wobisika mtawuni yaying'ono kuposa mzinda waukulu, choncho adasamukira kuphanga lomwe lili pamwamba pa mapiri zaka zitatu. Amonke ena adasankha Benedict ngati mtsogoleri wawo kwakanthawi, koma adapeza zovuta zake chifukwa cha kukoma kwawo. Komabe, kusintha kuchokera kwa iye kupita ku moyo wammagulu kunayamba kwa iye. Anali ndi lingaliro lotengera mabanja osiyanasiyana amonke kukhala "Amonke Amfumu" kuti awapatse phindu la mgwirizano, ubale ndi kupembedza kwathunthu m'nyumba. Pambuyo pake adayamba kumanga zomwe zimadzakhala imodzi mwa nyumba zachifumu zotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi: Monte Cassino, yomwe inkalamulira zigawo zitatu zopapatiza zomwe zimathamangira kumapiri kumpoto kwa Naples.

Lamulo lomwe limakhazikika pang'onopang'ono limakhala moyo wopemphera popemphera, kuwerenga, ntchito zamanja komanso kukhala mothandizana nawo mdera lomwe lili pansi. Benedictine asceticism imadziwika chifukwa cha kusinthasintha kwake komanso kuthandiza anthu a Benedictine nthawi zonse kwawonetsa kudera nkhawa anthu akumidzi yozungulira. M'zaka zapakati pa Middle Ages, mphamvu zonse za azungu ku West zidapangidwa pang'onopang'ono mu ulamuliro wa San Benedetto.

Lero banja la Benedictine likuyimiridwa ndi nthambi ziwiri: Benedictine Federation yomwe imaphatikizapo amuna ndi akazi a Order of San Benedetto, ndi a Cistercians, abambo ndi amayi a Cistercian Order of Strict Observance.

Kulingalira
Tchalitchi chadalitsika chifukwa chodzipereka kwa Benedictine ku maphunziro, osati mchikondwerero chokha chochita ndi mwambo wolemera komanso maphwando akuluakulu, komanso kudzera m'maphunziro aumembala ambiri mamembala ake. Zoyeserera zina nthawi zina zimasokonezedwa ndi magitala kapena kwayara, Latin kapena Bach. Tiyenera kuthokoza kwa iwo omwe amasunga ndikusintha mwambo wachipembedzo.