What was the education of a middle ages monk?

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Catholic AnswerMost monks in the Middle Ages were Benedictines, although in the later Middle Ages there were various Orders that started, they were all basically modeled on the Rule of St. Benedict. Two things that were absolutely essential for monks were that they could read and write. They had to know Latin to recite the Divine Office, and, if they were ordained to the priesthood (it became a Church practice pretty early on that all Choir monks were ordained to the priesthood) they had to be able to say Mass. Also, the Rule states that they have assigned readings throughout the day, and during Lent each monk is to be given a book from the library which he must read straight through before Easter. Most monasteries had schools attached and Scriptorium's so that had to be able to write to copy books, and they had to have a pretty good education to teach.