Abstract
The student of education or of history, either profane or ecclesiastical, can hardly pass over the contributions that the Benedictine Order has made to civilization. Still, despite the fact that the Order holds precedence in Western Monasticism, and can boast of fourteen centuries, rich in tradition and culture, there has been very little written of Benedictine influence in the development of education. It is an incontestable fact that the early Benedictine monks preserved valuable documents and writings for all ages. It is true, too, that by their teaching and mode of life they drew order from chaos and culture from barbarism; nevertheless, Saint Benedict has not received recognition as an educator, nor has he been generally credited with influencing the educational system.