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Sylvester Guzzolini and His Congregation UGO PAOLI SYLVESTER GUZZOLINI AND HIS CONGREGATION AN HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS INTER FRATRES ______________________________________________________________________________ Vol. XXXVI II/bis 1986 INTER FRATRES VOL. XXXVI (1986/II bis) RIVISTA DEI MONACI BENEDETTINI-SILVESTRINI 2 Original title Silvestro Guzzolini e la sua Congregazione Sintesi Storica. « Inter Fratres », 36 (1986/II), pp. 120 An English translation by Bernard McGrath. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESENTATION ....................................................................................................................... 5 SYLVESTER GUZZOLINI .................................................................................... 7 I. SOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 7 THE SYLVESTRINE CONGREGATION .........................................................14 I. HISTORY .............................................................................................................................. 14 1. The period of the founder (1228-1267) .......................................................................................... 14 2. From the death of the founder to the « Commendam » (1267-1325) ............................................. 15 3. The period of the Commendam (1325-1544) ................................................................................. 19 4. The Sixteenth Century .................................................................................................................... 22 5. The Seventeenth Century ................................................................................................................ 24 6. The Eighteenth Century .................................................................................................................. 25 7. The Nineteenth Century .................................................................................................................. 26 8. The Twentieth Century ................................................................................................................... 29 II. LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT .......................................................................................... 30 1. The Thirteenth Century .................................................................................................................. 30 2. The Constitutions of the Fourteenth Century ................................................................................. 31 3. The Constitutions of 1610 and 1618 .............................................................................................. 32 4. The Constitutions of 1690 .............................................................................................................. 32 5. The Constitutions of 1838 .............................................................................................................. 33 6. The Constitutions of 1931 .............................................................................................................. 33 7. The Constitutions of 1966 .............................................................................................................. 34 8. The Constitutions of 1972 and 1977 .............................................................................................. 34 9. The Constitutions of 1984 .............................................................................................................. 34 III. SPIRITUALITY (64) .......................................................................................................... 34 1. Main themes ................................................................................................................................... 34 2. Liturgy (69) .................................................................................................................................... 35 3 Stability ........................................................................................................................................... 36 4. Work ............................................................................................................................................... 36 IV. HABIT ................................................................................................................................ 36 V. COAT-OF-ARMS ................................................................................................................ 37 VI. NOTEWORTHY MEMBERS ............................................................................................ 38 1. « Beati » (The Blessed) ................................................................................................................... 38 2. Famous Monks ............................................................................................................................... 39 VII. SUPERIORS GENERAL .................................................................................................. 43 VIII. MONASTERIES .............................................................................................................. 50 IX. PRIVILEGIUM CONFIRMATIONS ................................................................................. 54 FOOTNOTES ........................................................................................................................... 57 4 PRESENTATION The Conciliar Decree Perfectae Caritatis reminds us that « The appropriate renewal of religious life involves two simultaneous processes: a continuous return to the sources of all Christian life and to the original inspiration behind a given community, and an adjustment of the community to the changed conditions of times » (n. 2). Our Declaration, with the intent of promoting such a renewal, explicitly refers to the past history of the Congregation, indicating how it should be approached. A genuine renewal is neither return to obsolete ways of life nor development totally eradicated from tradition. We must receive with « a grateful heart » whatever positive values « our Fathers » have handed down to us, while, at the same time, we ought to remain open to the impulses of the Holy Spirit, who operates now, as He did then, in the Church. Ours is a long history stretching over seven centuries. We, however, know it very little, since we do not yet have a good, critical and complete study on it. The lack of material for a study of our history is particularly felt in our English-speaking communities by those in charge of formation. There have been along the centuries monks who have made careful research into our history. The precious writings of the Ven. Andrew first and of Moronti and Feliziani later, have been our « traditional » sources of information. Other more recent authors, like Franceschini and Bokonett, who dealt mostly with particular topics, drew almost exclusively from them. The one who opened the way to a more ample and organic study of our history was D. Anthony Cancellieri with his work Brevi cenni storici intorno alla Congregazione Benedettina Silvestrina (Brief historical notes regarding the Benedictine Sylvestrine Congregation). It was published in 1935 « ad uso privato dei Monaci Silvestrini » (for private use of the Sylvestrine monks), and was specially intended for the « young, who would not know where to turn for a knowledge of our past ». From that time onward, as if in answer to D. Cancellieri‟s wish, there has been a flourishing of historical studies. Research has been undertaken into our original documents, both those preserved in our archives and those, until now unknown, preserved in others, first among them the Vatican Secret Archives. Our magazine « Inter Fratres », which was begun in 1950, has been a strong incentive for research and study and a valid medium for publishing the results. Particular mention should be made of D. Pius Federici, Abbot General from 1966 to 1972, who ordered a new biography of the founder to be written, suggested and encouraged five new doctoral theses on the origins, spirituality and other historical subjects regarding the 5 Congregation. The Monastery of Montefano is now, as it has been in the past, the centre of this flourishing of study and research into our history, thus fulfilling its function of « head and mother of the Order » also in this field. Various high level historical seminars and meetings have been organized, and the valuable collection of « Bibliotheca Montifani » started, all of which entailing considerable financial layout. Although much has been done, it is still too early to plan a complete history of the Congregation. Something, however, I had visualized for some time as possible, vz. a publication which would order in some historical sequence the results of the studies and research made up to now. This has been undertaken and brought to completion very competently by D. Hugo Paoli, who has done already a tremendous amount of work in the field of research into our history. The work, which is published in a special number of « Inter Fratres » in Italian and in English, is destined mainly to the monks of our Congregation. Hence the author has purposedly limited his use of source material to what is available in all our monasteries, as published in « Inter Fratres » and in other Sylvestrine editions. The continuous use of this material is also intended to make one more familiar with it and be an incentive to pursue studies and research in various
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