MONASTIC RULES

 

Author

Date

St. Anthony of Egypt

Rule (3rd-early 4th centuries )

Pachomius

Rule, (3rd-early 4th centuries )

St. Basil

Rule of St. Basil (358-64)

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (Regius)

Rule (c. 397), used for medieval canons (Augustinian or Regular Canons) and formed the basis of the rule of the Dominican order.

Caesarius of Arles

Rule for Nuns (534)

Anon. (St. Benedict?)

Rule of the Master (6th. Century)

St. Benedict of Nursia

Rule (535-45)

St. Francis of Assisi

First Rule (1223)

St. Clare of Assisi

Rule of St. Clare (papal approval, 1253)