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Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian.
St. Benedict (born c. 480 ce, Nursia [Italy]—died c. 547, Monte Cassino; feast day July 11, formerly March 21) was the founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino and father of Western monasticism; the Rule that he established became the norm for monastic living throughout Europe.
Benedict of Nursia. Father of western monasticism. "The good of all concerned, however, may prompt us to a little strictness in order to amend faults and to safeguard love."
Saint Benedict of Nursia, (born c. 480, Nursia, Kingdom of the Lombards—died c. 547), Founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy, and father of Western monasticism.
Apr 23, 2019 · Benedict of Nursia (circa March 2, 480 – circa March 21, 547) was a Christian monk who founded more than a dozen communities for monks in Italy. His most enduring achievement was the Rule of Saint Benedict, which became one of the most influential sets of religious rules in Middle Age Europe and earned him recognition as the ...
Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 547) was a major Christian saint from Italy, whose famous monastic Rule was adopted throughout the Western monastic tradition in the Middle Ages .
Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543. The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second book of St. Gregory's "Dialogues".
Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, a small town near Spoleto, and a tradition, which St. Bede accepts, makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica. His boyhood was spent in Rome, where he lived with his parents and attended the schools until he had reached his higher studies.
St. Benedict of Nursia, Share. SAINT BENEDICT ABBOT, FOUNDER OF WESTERN MONASTICISM—480-550 A.D. Feast: July 11. Overrun by half-civilized pagan and Arian hordes during the fifth century, Italy and the entire Mediterranean world was falling back into barbarism.
Born into a wealthy family in Nursia, Italy, Benedict (c. 480–543) left school as a teenager, renounced the world and around 500 retreated to a cave at Subiaco. After some years as a hermit, he...
