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Benignus, Saint

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Known as "Patrick's psalm-singer," Irish missionary, musician, bishop, legislator, d. 467.

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Benevento, Archdiocese of

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The principal city of the province of the same name in Campania.

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Benettis, Jeremiah

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Friar Minor Capuchin and historical writer, d. in 1774.

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Benefit of Clergy

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The exemption from the jurisdiction of the secular courts, which in England, in the Middle Ages, was accorded to clergymen.

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Benefice

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Popularly the term is often understood to denote either certain property destined for the support of ministers of religion, or a spiritual office or function, such as the care of souls.

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Benedictus, The (Canticle of Zachary)

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One of the three great canticles in the opening chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.

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Benedictus Polonus

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A medieval Friar Minor missionary and traveller. (c. 1245)

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Benedictional

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A book containing a collection of benedictions or blessings in use in the Church.

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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Description of the basics of this popular devotion. Benediction is unusual in that it is a devotional practice partly governed by liturgical law.

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Benedictine Order

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Comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as "black monks".

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Benedicti, Jean

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A Franciscan theologian of the sixteenth century belonging to the Observantine Province of Tours and Poitiers.

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Benedictbeurn, Abbey of

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Tradition, as well as manuscripts dating as far back as the tenth century, ascribe its foundation in the year 740, to three brothers of noble birth, named Lanfrid, Wulfram, and Eliland, acting under the influence of St. Boniface, who was then preaching the Faith in Bavaria.

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Benedict, Rule of Saint

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Lengthy article on the text of the Rule and its composition, some analysis, and practical application.

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Benedict XI, Pope Blessed

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Elected unanimously, author of Scriptural commentaries, d. 1304.

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