12 July 1073: d. St. John Gualbert founder of Vallumbrosan #Benedictines (Baldiri) #otd

the abbey church

December 2023

#Meschede #Abtei #abbey #Königsmünster #Benediktiner #Kirche #church #Himmel #sky #Klosterberg #OSB #benedictines #monochrome #architecture #architektur #fotografie #photography

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25 Sept 1633: Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland, former Lord Deputy of #Ireland husband of Elizabeth Cary Tanfield #writer & convert, father to 4 #Benedictines buried #otd at Aldenham Herts (NTHarwickHall)

12 July 1073: d. St. John Gualbert founder of Vallumbrosan #Benedictines (Baldiri) #otd

5 May 1666: Anselm Crowder OSB dies #otd during a General Chapter of #Benedictines being held at a house in a street called the Old Bailey #London #otd (BM)

Montserrat (the mountain) just outside of Barcelona is very much worth seeing. Equally true for the Santa Maria de Montserrat Benedictine abbey.

We could have spent hours just in the art museum, to say nothing of the actual church and 1000+ year-old architecture (admittedly, rebuilt and mostly not the original).

#Barcelona #travel #TravelSpain #churches #Benedictines

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the entrance ramp and gates, Monte Cassino, Italy

#MonteCassino #monastery #benedictines #italy #entrance #landscape

Today I had lunch with Sister Bernelda who is 90 years old. Growing up, she was #15 of her parents' 17 children and has been a member of this community since 1956. She's still active, helps out in the monastery's development office, and has a delightful sense of humor. I sure do love getting to know all of the Sisters who call this community home!
#Nuns #CatholicSisters #Benedictines #BenedictineSisters

14 Sept 1625: d. Edward Maihew, historian of #English #Benedictines, at the #nuntastic #English #Benedictine Convent of Our Lady of Consolation Cambrai #otd (BM) where he was vicar

Time for a belated introduction!

I'm a medievalist, teaching graduate Medieval Latin courses in the DC area and paleography virtually and IRL (e.g. for HMML and in workshops).

I'm currently working on an open-access Latin paleography textbook and also writing a novel about nuns and archaeologists. I have high hopes that procrastinating on one of those projects will result in finishing the other, or vice-versa.

Since 2010, most of my work in DC has been in historic preservation, with a focus on the architecture and development of DC's neighborhoods. A lot of my energy over in the other place was devoted to local DC matters—yelling about statehood, yelling at District agencies, following weather and traffic, etc. I expect I will remain there for those purposes as long as those functions continue.

#paleography #medievaldons #medieval #manuscripts #nuns #womenreligious #benedictines #archaeology #dchistory #dcstatehood #historicpreservation #preservation