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See also:MONTE CASSINO , an isolated See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overhanging the See also:town of Cassinum, about midway between See also:Rome and See also:Naples. Hither St See also:Benedict migrated from See also:Subiaco in the See also:early years of the 6th See also:century, and established the monastery that became the See also:metropolis of Western monachism. About 580—590 it was sacked by the See also:Lombards, and the monks fled to Rome, where they were established at the Lateran See also:basilica. The monastery was rebuilt in 720, again destroyed by the See also:Saracens in 884, and restored seventy years later. It reached its highest point of prosperity and See also:influence from 1059 to 1105, under See also:Desiderius (who became See also:Pope See also:Victor III. in ro87) and Oderisius. The See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot became overlord of an extensive territory and See also:bishop of several dioceses: now, though not a bishop, he is See also:ordinary of seven dioceses. At the See also:dissolution of monasteries in 1866 Monte Cassino was spared, owing mainly to a remonstrance by See also:English well-wishers of See also:United See also:Italy. The monastery became a See also:national See also:monument and the monks were recognized as custodians. There is a large secondary school with 250 boys, and See also:rich archives.
See L. Tosti, Storia della badia di M.C. (1841; 2nd ed., 1888); Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchenlexicon (2nd ed.) and See also:Herzog, Realencyklopadie (3rd ed.). (E. C.
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