Monk: Timeline

399   Fa-Hien, a Chinese China

China is a cultural region [i] and ancient civilization [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

 Buddhist Buddhism

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 monk, travels to India India

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622   Xuanzang Xuanzang

Xuanzang was a famous Chinese [i] Buddhist [i] monk [i]. ... 

 is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.

813   A revolt puts Leo V Leo V the Armenian

Leo V the Armenian,, was emperor of the Byzantine Empire [i] from 813 to 820. ... 

 on the throne of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

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; former emperor Michael Michael I

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 becomes a monk. Beginning of the Second Iconoclastic Iconoclasm

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 Period.

960   Edgar the Peaceable Edgar of England

King Edgar or Eadgar I was the younger son of King Edmund I of England [i]. ... 

 crowned King of England England

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. Dunstan Dunstan

Dunstan was an Archbishop of Canterbury [i] who was later canonized [i] as a saint [i]. ... 

 became Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury

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 and Edgar's chief adviser. He reformed monasteries and enforced the rule of St Benedict: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience for monks Monk

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. He attempted to impose celibacy Celibacy

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 on the secular clergy without noticeable success. Dunstan actively encouraged the Danes to integrate with the English.

1860   Ioan Dimitrovich Kasatkin Nikolai of Japan

Saint Nikolai, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin, born Ivan Dimitrov... 

 becomes an Eastern Orthodox monk under the name Nikolai.

1963   Self-immolation of the Buddhist monk Thích Qu?ng Ð?c.