This translation of the Holy Rule of St. Benedict was made from the third edition of the text as edited by Dom Cuthbert Butler of Downside Abbey in England (St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1935).

Nihil obstat: Basil Stegmann, O.S.B., Censor librorum. Imprimi potest: ✠ Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., D.D., Abbot, St. John's Abbey, January 5, 1947. Imprimatur: ✠ Joseph F. Busch, D.D., Bishop of St. Cloud, January 8, 1947.

Copyright 1948 by The Order of St. Benedict, Inc., Collegeville, Minnesota.