Primarily he was a monastic leader, deeply involved in the fairly small communities of loyal monks who formed his mission teams, his brothers.

Although most of these texts that were produced were Christian in nature, many monastic leaders saw common virtues in the Greek classics.

Hildegard von Bingen a German magistra, monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music.

Breauté rose to power during the First Barons' War as an unquestioning subject of King John, earning the hate of baronial and monastic leaders alike.

When Abuna Yaqob and the monastic leaders protested, the Emperor sent the Abuna back to Egypt, and exiled the monks to the southern parts of his kingdom.

As a monastic leader, Shenoute recognized the need for literacy among the monk.

The bishops and major monastic leaders played an important part in national government, having key roles on the king's council.

Political power was sometimes used by monastic leaders to suppress rival religious schools through the confiscation of property and direct violence.

The founding Prior (1955-1967) was author, monastic leader and former titular Abbot of Westminster, Reverend Columba Cary-Elwes.

As was customary for all monastic leaders at the time, a portrait statue was made of Nyodai with shaved head and monk's robes.