About this Site www.plantata.org.uk*
The English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) was first formed in 1216, but lapsed at the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1535-40. It was revived and restored by Rome (1607-33) when numbers of Englishmen had become monks in in Italian or Spanish monasteries and were coming to England as Missioners. It has been active ever since, and its General Chapter has met every four years (almost exactly so) up to the present.
* Plantata is the first word, and so the name, of the Roman document (1633) which finally confirmed the renewal of the English Benedictines.Parts of the Site
- Roman and other Documents about the EBC
- Conference Papers from the annual History Symposium 1975 to date: many texts available
- Monasteries: Houses present and past
- Monks and Nuns: individuals; only those who are dead at present
- Early community sizes: G, L, E, S
- General Chapter List
- Sources and Bibliography Not ready
- Future Symposium meetings Open to anyone interested
- Site map and Search Not ready
- Contacts & Addresses In preparation
Future Anniversaries
- 2006: Fourth centenary of foundation of St Gregory’s
- 2006: Death of Dom Rudesind Barlow (G) 1656
- 2006: Death of Dom Benedict Mackey (E), translator of St Francis de Sales 1906
- 2007: Third centenary of death of Mabillon
- 2007: Westminster monks restored 1607
- 2008: Fourth centenary of St Laurence’s
- 2009: Belmont 150th anniversary 1859
- 2009: Bishop Gregory Sharrock (G) 1809
- 2010: Archbishop Romanus Bilsborrow (E) of Mauritius and Cardiff 1910
- 2011: Foundation of St Benedict's, St Malo 1611