OLIVETANS  , one of the lesser monastic orders following the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• RULE

Rule, founded by St See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard Tolomei, a Sienese nobleman . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• FORTY

forty, when the leading See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in See also:

• SIENA

Siena, he retired along with two companions to live a See also:

• HERMIT

hermit's See also:

• LIFE

life at Accona, a See also:

• DESERT

desert See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place fifteen See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Siena, 1313 . Soon others joined them, and in 1324 See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John XXII. approved of the formation of an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The Benedictine Rule was taken as the basis of the life; but austerities were introduced beyond what St See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict prescribed, and the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was framed on the mendicant, not the monastic, See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, the superiors being appointed only for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TERM

term of years . The See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit is See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . Partly from the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive trees that abound there, and partly out of devotion to the See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion, Accona was christened See also:

• MONTE

Monte Oliveto, whence the order received its name . By the end of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century there were upwards of a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred monasteries, chiefly in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy; and in the 18th there still were eighty, one of the most famous being See also:

• SAN

San Miniato at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . The monastery of Monte Oliveto See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

Maggiore is an extensive See also:

• BUILDING

building of considerable See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• INTEREST

interest, enhanced by frescoes of See also:

• SIGNORELLI, LUCA (c. 1442-c. 1524)

Signorelli and See also:

• SODOMA, IL (1477-1549)

Sodoma; it is now a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument occupied by two or three monks as custodians, though it could accommodate three hundred . The Olivetans have a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and a few others, including one founded in See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria in 1899 . There are about 125 monks in all, 54 being priests . In See also:

• AMERICA

America are some convents of Olivetan nuns . See See also:

• HELYOT, PIERRE (1660-1716)

Helyot, Hist. See also:

• DES

des ordres religieux (1713), vi. c .

24; Max Heimbucher, Orden u . Kongregationen (1907), i . § 3o; Wetzel- u . Welte, Kirchenlexicon (ed . 2) ; J . A . See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy (1898), " Monte Oliveto ": B . M . Marechaux, See also:

• VIE

Vie de bienheureux Bernard Tolomei (1888) . (E . C .