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| This is the first Austrian euro commemorative coin and the third coin in the series "2000 Years of Christianity". It is a gold coin with the face value of 50 euros dedicated to the Christian religious orders and their contribution to the formation of our western culture.
The new coin designed by Austrian Mint engraver Helmut Andexlinger, shows a double portrait of St. Benedict and his sister, St. Scholastica. The coins depicts him holding a book, which is the Holy Rule. St. Scholastica holds a dove, a reference to the vision St. Benedict had of his sister's soul rising like a dove into heaven.
The other side of the coin has a mediaeval monk sitting at a writing desk copying (or decorating) a manuscript. The work of the monks in the Middle Ages copying books by hand preserved great areas of knowledge for future generations. Most of the classics of ancient Greece and Rome are known to us only through mediaeval copies.
St. Benedict is the patron saint of western Europe, and he is the father of western monasticism. St. Benedict wrote a rule for monks of some 73 chapters, "a little rule for beginners". His writing is of such deep spirituality and yet so full of moderation and humanity, that the Rule of St. Benedict became the basis for monastic life from the sixth century right down to the present day. Under the leadership of his sister, he also founded an order of nuns following the same rule.
It is an old joke that "not even God knows how many orders of nuns He has", but like many jokes, it does highlight reality. The vocation to dedicate one's life in the service of God is not unknown in other religions, but none have the long history and extraordinary variety of the Christian religious orders. Both the search for individual perfection in God and the command to charity towards our neighbours have driven the foundation and development of manifold religious orders for both men and women down through the ages.
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2002
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AUSTRIA |
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Tienda de Numismática |
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