Western Monastic Rules

Rule of Saint Augustine (based on Augustine's Letter 211)
Letters of Augustine

Rule of St. Benedict (1)
Rule of St. Benedict (2)
Rule of St. Benedict (Latin)
Rule of St. Benedict (Spanish)

Rule of Saint Columba

Cistercian Constitution (Charta Caritatas)

Rule of St. Francis (hypothetical reconstruction of 1st Rule)

Rule of 1223 (1)
Rule of 1223 (2)
Rule of 1223 (3)

Marriott Library Online Catalog (University of Utah)

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