Sob a luz da regra de São Bento : práticas e suportes no Mosteiro de São Bento de Olinda (1778 - 1786)

Abstract

The Monastery Of Saint Benedict Olinda is located a privileged position in historical preservation site of the city. In 1586, the first Benedictine monks arrived in Olinda. Around 1597 they manage to buy the land, where the present abbey is and starting the first construction of the monastery. This first building was in ruins during the Dutch invasion. After the expulsion of the Dutch from the Brazilian lands, the Benedictines returned to their land and began the Reconstruction of their monastic house. The monument dates from the 17th century, having already undergone several modifications. This work intends to interpret the version of the Monastery Of Saint Benedict Olinda in the government of the Abbot Frei Miguel Arcanjo da Anunciação (1778 – 1786). Our interpretation of the relation of the building of the monastery, as a cultural material good, with a Rule of St. Benedict, understood as a normative of social practices of the Benedictine monastic communities. In order to construct dialogues on the composition of the cultural patrimony of the monastery formed by the materiality of its construction and qualified by the immateriality of the Benedictine Rule.