A Short History of Monks and Monasteries

by Alfred Wesley Wishart

Salvation, the desire for, [70], [111], [355], [396]; the struggle for, [95]; monastic views of, [417].

Samson, Abbot, election of, [145].

Santa Crocella, chapel of, [131].

Saracens burn Monte Cassino monastery, [135].

Saragossa, Council of, forbids priests to assume monks' robes, [122].

Savonarola, a Dominican, [242].

Saxons invade England, [180].

Schaff, Philip, on origin of monasticism, [18]; on Montanists, [28]; on the biography of the hermit Paul, [35]; on St. Jerome, [86]; on Augustine, [117]; on Benedictine rule, [148]; on monasteries as centers of learning, [153]; on effects of monasticism, [387].

Scholastica, story about, [138].

Schools, monastic, [154], [167]. See [Learning.]