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St. Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictines and wrote the Benedictine rule that spread monasticism throughout Europe.
An Irishman established a monastery there around the year 563. He was known as Saint Columba and revitalized the Celtic Church at a time when Rome was dwindling. Monasticism in England and Ireland, and in much of Europe, owed much to Columba and Iona.
Answer 1: Assuming western monasticism; the founder of western monasticism is widely considered to be St. Benedict of Nursia.
Monasticism is a life of living apart from society in order to better worship.
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St. Antony of Egypt originally developed monasticism of the solitary, hermit type. St. Benedict of Nursia developed the cenobites, or monks who lived together in monasteries, this later type of monasticism became the overwhelming type that all western monasticism following for the next fourteen centuries.
No, there are no Muslim monks as monasticism is prohibited by Islam. Many European Jews observed monasticism although Judaism, likewise prohibits it. Monasticism is only seen among many Christian sects.
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St. Benedict of Nursia is called the Father of Western Monasticism.