CHAPTER X.

FAMOUS MONKS AND MONASTERIES.

A Monk with a Genius for Monkery, 266; St. Ninian, the Scottish Saint, 267; St. Mungo, 267; Monk Absenting Himself from Prayers, 268; Death of St. Benedict, 269; St. Columba of Iona, 269; Death of St. Columba, 270; The Monk Columban, 271; St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, 272; St. Chad, 273; St. Hilda, Abbess, 274; The Abbey and Monks of St. Gall, 274; The Venerable Bede, Monk and Historian, 275; St. Cuthbert Admitted Monk, 275; The Body of St. Cuthbert, 277; Deathbed of Venerable Bede, 278; A Warrior Duke becomes Monk, 280; The Swiss Abbey of Einsiedeln, 281; St. Meinrad, a Monk of the Alps, 282; Croyland Abbey Burnt, 283; Nuns of Coldingham, 283; Monks of Cluny, 281; St. Dunstan, Archbishop, 285; Monks of St. Bernard, 285; Chancellor becomes Monk, 286; Deathbed of Abbot Turketel, 286; Monk Nilus, 287; Monastery of Bec, 289; Fire at Crowland Abbey, 290; Monks of Vallombrosa, 291; A Monk Transcriber of Holy Books, 292; A Monk Musician, 293; Training of Monk Bishop, 293; Monk Abelard and Nun Heloïse, 294; Abelard and St. Bernard, 295; Abelard's Last Days, 295; Order of Carthusians, 296; Order of Cistercians, 297; St. Bernard as a Young Monk, 297; St. Bernard as Abbot, 298; St. Bernard's Miracles, 298; Bernard and his Sister, 299; Bernard and Peter the Venerable, 300; Schoolmen of Middle Ages, 301; Deathbed of Abbot, 302; Visions of Sister Hildegard, 302; Travelling to Rome, 303; Portrait of Abbot Sampson of St. Edmundsbury, 304; Monks Rebuilding their Altar, 305; Abbot Harassed with Cares, 306; Annoyed at Visit of the Legate, 307; Deathbed of Princess, 308; Stealing St. Antony's Psalm Book, 308; Monk for a King, 309; Elizabeth of Hungary, 310; Panic among Saracens, 310; Fancies of the Starved Monk, 311; Monasteries of Mount Athos, 312; Monks of La Trappe, 312; Certosa Monastery, 313; Catherine of Siena, 314; Monks of Lucca, 314; Thomas à Kempis, 315; Peter of Alcantara, 316; Visions of St. Theresa, 317; The Emperor Monk, 318; Emperor Monk's Dress, 319; His Apartments, 319; Detestation of Heretics, 320; Interest in Clock-making, 321; His Confessor, 321; His Choir, 322; At Dinner-time, 323; He Celebrates his own Funeral, 323; Funeral Sermon on Emperor Monk, 324.