Cuthbert Butler

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Cuthbert Butler OSB, also Edward Cuthbert Butler (born May 6, 1858 in Dublin , † April 1, 1934 in London ) was an English historian, Benedictine and abbot in Downside Monastery .

biography

Cuthbert Edward Butler entered the Downside Benedictine monastery in 1876, whose school he had attended. He was ordained a priest in 1884 and worked as a teacher in Downside in the following years. From 1888 to 1892 he was the head of the school. In 1896, Cuthbert Butler took over the management of Benet House , the Benedictine study house at Cambridge University that was newly established by Downside Abbey . In 1904 he returned to Downside, where he was elected second abbot of the monastery in 1906. From 1914 to 1921 he was President of the English Benedictine Congregation. In 1922 he resigned from his post as abbot of Downside Monastery and moved to the Downside-dependent Ealing Priory (London), where he remained until his death.

As a researcher, Cuthbert Butler made a name for himself through his work on monasticism in the old church and through his history of the First Vatican Council . In recognition of his achievements, he received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin in 1908 .

Works (selection)

  • The Lausiac History of Palladius (1898)
  • Benedictine Monachism (1919) [ Ger . Benedictine monasticism. Studies on Benedictine life and the Rule of St. Benedict , with Johann Nepomuk Hebensperger , St. Ottilien 1929]
  • Western Mysticism: The Teaching of SS Augustine Gregory and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life (1922)
  • The Life & Times of Bishop Ullathorne (1806-1889) (1926)
  • Religions of Authority and The Religion of the Spirit (1930)
  • The Vatican Council. The Story Told From Inside in Bishop Ullathorne's Letters , two volumes (1930)
  • Ways of Christian Life: Old Spirituality for Modern Men (1932)

literature

  • D. Knowles, Abbot Butler: A Memoir , in: Downside Review 52 (1934), pp. 347-440.

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personal data
SURNAME Butler, Cuthbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butler, Cuthbertus; Butler, Edward Joseph Aloysius Cuthbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English Benedictine abbot and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1934
Place of death London