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Robert Nixon is a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia, Western Australia, a Roman Catholic priest, and a pianist and composer. His roles include director of the New Norcia Institute for Benedictine Studies, as well as dean and liturgy coordinator for the monastic community. He has contributed articles on medieval Latin poetry to the Revue bénédictine and the American Benedictine Review.
Robert Nixon, experienced investigator of Latin church arcana, here translates two key documents in the long-running mystery of the (re)location of St. Benedict's body (which unresolved controversy became a venerable part of the Benedictine heritage). He does not adjudicate the rival claims but offers us an illuminating glimpse into a remarkable and colorful world of medieval legend, marvel, and intrigue. One sighs for this enchanted realm, a conspiration of heavenly and cosmic realities. --Anna M. Silvas, University of New England Robert Nixon has been performing remarkable service in recent years through a stream of elegant translations of Latin works otherwise unavailable in English. Here he provides the first English translation of two contradictory and charming legends, from the ninth century and the twelfth, about the relics of Saints Benedict and Scholastica, along with a fine introduction. They will be of interest to devotees of these saints and to those interested in medieval hagiography. --Paul Chandler, Holy Spirit Seminary
