of the monastic community. Despite his relatively young age of 27, Barbo was successful in his efforts, and the abbey flourished to such a degree that it too became the center of a congregation of monasteries following its form of life. One of Barbo's reforms was to allow his monks to sleep in separate cells, a reform that is regarded as an important step towards enhancing spirituality by providing them with more solitude. Many of the reforms which Barbo instituted were quickly adopted in other monasteries. At the time of his death he had reformed 16 monasteries, including the one at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. See also Christian monasticism Prayer, meditation and contemplation in Christianity References External links Ildefonso Tassi: Ludovico Barbo, 1952, (Italian). 1381 births 1443 deaths 15th-century Venetian people Augustinian canons Italian Benedictines Benedictine abbots Ludovico Ludovico 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Eugene IV Benedictine bishops Republic of Venice clergy