"This work was first published by Paulusverlag Freiburg Schweiz in German as Die Benediktsregel. Eine Anleitung zu christlichem Leben. Der vollstandige Text der Regel ubersetzt undo erklart von Georg Holzherr, em. Abt von Einsiedeln."
Georg Holzherr, OSB, entered monastic life at the Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland in 1949. Upon completing studies in Einsiedeln and Rome, he received the Dr. jur. can. and began teaching at the Theologische SchuleEinsiedeln in 1957. He was elected abbot of Einsiedeln Abbey in 1969. Holzherr is recognized as one of today's leading experts on the Rule of Saint Benedict and its sources, spirituality, and applicability to everyday life.