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Saint Benedict is the patron saint of Europe and students. He founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Italy before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. The Catholic Order of St Benedict and the Anglican Order of St Benedict are of later origin and, moreover, not an "order" as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations. Benedict's main achievement is his "Rule of Saint Benedict", containing precepts for his monks. It is heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, and shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master. But it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (, epieikeia), and this persuaded most religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it. As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Benedict is often called the founder of western monasticism.
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Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict
Detail from a fresco by
Fra Angelico
Abbot
Patron of Europe
Born
c. 480
Norcia
(
Umbria
,
Italy
)
Died
21 March 543 (aged 64)
Monte Cassino
Honored in
Roman Catholicism
Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheran Church
Canonized
1220,
Rome
by
Pope Honorius III
Major
shrine
Monte Cassino
Abbey, with his burial
Saint-Beno*t-sur-Loire
, near
Orl*ans
, France
Sacro Speco, at
Subiaco, Italy
Feast
July 11 (
Roman Catholic calendar of saints
), (
Anglican Communion
)
March 14 (
Byzantine Rite
)
March 21 (on local calendars and in the
General Roman Calendar of 1962
)
Attributes
-Bell
-Broken tray
-Broken cup and serpent representing poison
-Broken utensil
-Bush
-Crosier
-Man in a Benedictine cowl holding Benedict's rule or a rod of discipline
-Raven
Patronage
-Against
poison
-Against witchcraft
-Agricultural workers
-Cavers
-Civil engineers
-
Coppersmiths
-Dying people
-Erysipelas
-
Europe
-Farmers
-Fever
-Gall stones
-
Heerdt
(
Germany
)
-
Heraldry
and
Officers of arms
-the
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
-Inflammatory diseases
-Italian architects
-Kidney disease
-Monks
-Nettle rash
-
Norcia
(
Italy
)
-People in religious orders
-
Schoolchildren
-Servants who have broken their master's belongings
-Speliologists
-Spelunkers
-Temptations
Benedict of Nursia
(
Italian
:
San Benedetto da Norcia
) (c. 480 21 March 543 or 547) is a Christian saint, honored by the
Anglican Church
and the
Catholic Church
as the
patron saint
of Europe and students.
[1]
Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at
Subiaco, Italy
(about 40 miles (64km) to the east of
Rome
), before moving to
Monte Cassino
in the mountains of
southern Italy
. The
Catholic Order of St Benedict
and the
Anglican Order of St Benedict
are of later origin and, moreover, not an "order" as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations.
[2]
Benedict's main achievement is his "
Rule of Saint Benedict
", containing
precepts
for his monks. It is heavily influenced by the writings of
John Cassian
, and shows strong affinity with the
Rule of the
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