The Catholic Encyclopedia's article on the Benedictine Order, hosted by New Advent, used here for the Rule of Saint Benedict's structure of ownership: each abbey is an autonomous, self-governing institute under its own abbot, subject only to the local diocesan bishop on limited matters, with no central Benedictine treasury or superior-general, unlike the mendicant orders.
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URLhttps://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02443a.htm
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