Enciclopedia Cattolica

SILOE

Volume XI · p. 367 · 1953

English translation · Testo originale italiano

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SILOE. - Nome che designa una sorgente, oggi 'Ajn Sitṭī Marjām, ad oriente di Gerusalemme, come
SILOE. - Nome che designa una sorgente, oggi 'Ajn Sitṭī Marjām, ad oriente di Gerusalemme, come

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

591 SILOS — SILVEIRA GONÇALES

mentioned in the Bible (Gen. 33:18-19; Judg. 1:21; 1 Sam. 14:51; 2 Sam. 5:17; 1 Chron. 11:8).

The monastery of Silos, founded in the 6th century by St. Frutos, flourished especially in the 11th century under Abbot Domingo (1073-1090), who began the construction of the ancient church and the magnificent Romanesque cloister, still extant, rich in characteristic sculptures from the 11th-12th centuries. Silos was an important cultural center in the Middle Ages. Suffice it to recall its *Chronicon* by Grimaldo, the activity of its chapters which, at the beginning of the 13th century, left a treasure of about 200 manuscripts, many of which are still preserved. Notable also were its collection of artistic objects, its archive, and its library. The monastery of Silos adhered in 1512 to the Benedictine Congregation of Valladolid and was suppressed by the liberal government in 1835; in 1880 it was restored by the Benedictines of Ligugé. At present, Silos is known as a center for liturgical and historical studies; among other publications, it issues the journal *Liturgia*.

BIBL.: M. Férotin, *Recueil des chartes de l'abbaye de St. Silos*, Paris 1897; id., *Hist. de l'abbaye de S.*, ibid. 1897; L. Serrano, *El real monast. de S. Domingo de S. (Burgos), su hist. y tesoro artist.*, Burgos 1926; W. Witschill - J. Pérez de Urbel, *Los musulmanes del real monast. de S. Domingo de S.*, in *Bol. de la Academia de la Hist.*, 95 (1929), pp. 521-601; Cotincau, II, cols. 3036-37.