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left behind: "He shattered the idol, overturned the altar, set the groves on fire, and in the very temple of Apollo, where the altar of Apollo had been, built the oratory of Saint Martin" (dial. 2,8). Later
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Benedict, which are venerated according to ancient tradition in the crypt of the abbey church, or because of its own rule, which, although written solely for the monks of Monte Cassino, gradually displaced earlier rules in many monasteries, eventually becoming the
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