Cvstodia is a land with a huge variety of monastic orders, these are only a few!

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Saint Athanasius the Athonite, Founder of the Great Lavra and Cenobitic Monasticism on Mount Athos

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Saint Athanasius the Athonite, Founder of the Great Lavra and Coenobitic Monasticism on Mount Athos

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Two years ago, I made characters for the historical Board Game Dark Ages.

William the Pious, a Frankish duke who built various monastic foundations & abbeys in Aquitaine; Overall, he was a pleasant and pacifist leader compared to his contemporaries who followed their swords.

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Food wander around the herb garden, park and monastic ruins in Jarrow then across to for ’s exhibition. Really lovely.

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Fun little side homebrew content. Way of the Madame monastic tradition and a Circle of Oozes druid concept I slapped down and had a friend help me refine.
The Monk has been playtested and is super fun. The druid has yet to be tested.

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20 April: St Sobarthain a bishop, Sedrach a bishop, & Flann. Little-known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. 🗺️CofI dioceses ©Wikidwitch 🗺️RC dioceses ©Sheila1988

(Dioceses set up by Synod of Rathbreasail 1111. Modified by Synod of Kells 1152. Replaced monastic model.)

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i hc aphelios (and alune) as following a monastic lifestyle, holding little regard toward appearance, gender, other social standings etc. and viewing their bodies as vessels to serve the moon with.

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... marriage should not be understood only as a feasible burden for those who are unable to bear the feat of monasticism.

The Apostle Paul is in prison. 1627
oil on wood, 72.8 × 60.2
Stuttgart State Gallery.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

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9th Zodiac sign, the earth monkey
A very mischevious and joyful pupil
The Tu clan is sort of a monastic clan, where the four master choose their pupils and train them so that they will be one day, able to protect the balance of things

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"Buddhism’s influence in India is through its embeddedness in Hinduism. One thousand years ago the invasions of India began to obliterate the network of monastic universities that served as institutional anchor of Buddhism within the culture." Bob Thurman https://t.co/APSU2ionZs

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This week we've got a bumper crop of subclasses for you! The powers of earth, wind, fire, and water are at your fingertips, with four brand new monastic traditions for the Monk class. Available now over on

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Kroteus commissions done by

Scene is after 50 years of being the last of his monastic order (he's 64 now) he finally acquired a proper Monk's Belt, usually given to aspiring pupils upon reaching the amateur level through ceremony

It's enough to make a grown man cry.

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St. Jerome, Latin in full Eusebius Hieronymus, pseudonym Sophronius, (born c. 347, Stridon, Dalmatia—died 419/420, Bethlehem, Palestine; feast day September 30), biblical translator and monastic leader, traditionally regarded as the most learned of the Latin Fathers.

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12 Sept 1605: b. William Dugdale, herald and important antiquary at Shustoke, near Coleshill in Warwickshire
(U Toronto)

Here's a Gilbertine from his very influential Monasticon Anglicanum, 1655–1673 (British Museum)

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Principal Romanesque fresco schemes come from St Climent de Tauli consecrated by the bishop 1123 & church nearby by 2nd master, Barcelona has wonderful examples of punched & painted altar frontals (monastic illumination tradition?), sculpture & liturgical artwork.

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