Editing Benedictines (section)

==Organization==
Benedictine monasticism differs from other Christian religious orders in that as congregations sometimes with several houses, some of them in other countries, they are not bound into a unified religious order headed by a "Superior General". Each Benedictine congregation is autonomous and governed by an abbot or abbess.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benedictine Abbeys and Priories in the U.S. {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/benedictine-abbeys-and-priories-us |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

The autonomous houses are characterised by their chosen [[charism]] or specific dedication to a particular devotion. For example, In 1313 [[Bernardo Tolomei]] established the [[Olivetans|Order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet]]. The community adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict and received canonical approval in 1344. The Olivetans are part of the Benedictine Confederation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Directory of OSB Congregations |url=https://www.osb.org/the-benedictine-order/directory-of-osb-congregations/ |website=OSB DOT ORG |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> Other specialisms, such as [[Gregorian chant]] as at [[Solesmes Abbey|Solesmes]] in France, or [[Perpetual Adoration]] of the ''Holy Sacrament'' have been adopted by different houses, as at the  Warsaw Convent, or the [[Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre]] at Tyburn Convent in London. Other houses have dedicated themselves to books, reading, writing and printing them as at [[Stanbrook Abbey]] in England. Others still are associated with the places where they were founded or their founders centuries ago, hence [[Cassinese]], [[Subiaco, Lazio|Subiaco]], [[Camaldolese]] or [[Sylvestrines]].

All Benedictine houses became federated in the [[Benedictine Confederation]] brought  into existence by [[Pope Leo XIII]]'s [[Apostolic Brief]] "''Summum semper''" on 12 July 1893. Pope Leo also established the office of [[Abbot Primate]] as the abbot elected to represent this Confederation at the [[Holy See|Vatican]] and to the world. The headquarters of the Benedictine Confederation and the Abbot Primate is the [[Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino|Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo]] built by Pope Leo XIII in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Benedictine Confederation |url=http://www.osb.org/the-benedictine-order/the-benedictine-confederation/ |website=OSB.org |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.benedictinemonks.co.uk/news/st-benedict-the-order/|title=St Benedict & The Order &#124; Benedictine Monks}}</ref>