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IV.1.6
THE PORTER[51]
(OSTIARIUS)
The porter was in charge of food and shelter for visitors.
He received the monastery's guests, announced them to the
abbot, if worthy of attention, and assigned them to the
appropriate quarters. In order to be able to perform this
task he drew one-tenth of all the monastery's revenue.[52]
He
was the superior of the master of the Hospice for Pilgrims
and Paupers (procurator pauperum) and furnished the latter
with all the supplies required for his service. The master
of the Hospice for Pilgrims and Paupers also took care of
the sick who came to the monastery, and distributed to the
indigents a fifth of all of the revenues in money that came
into the porter's hands.[53]
PORTARIUS hospites omnes suscipiat primum et nuntiet, de<ci>mas
omnium rerum accipiat, de quibus iuxta constitutum tribuat hospitaliario
pauperum. Breve memorationis Walae, ed. cit., 422, 9-11. For a more
detailed review of the porter's duties and qualifications see II, 153ff
and St. Benedict's thoughtful analysis of the criteria to be used in the
appointment of this official, in Benedicti regula, chap. 66; ed. Hanslik,
1960, 155-57; ed. McCann, 1952, 152-53; ed. Steidle, 1952, 320-21; cf.
Verhulst and Semmler, 1962, 264.
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