Benedict of Nursia

:For other Saint Benedicts see Saint Benedict (disambiguation)

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Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543), born at Nursia (Norcia), Italy, was the founder of western monasticism. Many of those monastic men and women belong to a Christian religious order named in his honor, the Order of Saint Benedict.

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Saint - 480 - 543 - Norcia - Italy - Monasticism - Christian - Religious order - Order of Saint Benedict

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The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second book of St. Gregory's Dialogues. It is more of a character sketch than a biography and consists, for the most part, of a number of miraculous incidents, which, although they illustrate the life of the saint, give little help towards a chronological account of his career. St. Gregory's authorities for all that he relates were the saint's own disciples, viz. Constantinus, who succeeded him as Abbot of Monte Cassino; and Honoratus, who was Abbot of Subiaco when St. Gregory wrote his Dialogues.

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St. Gregory - Constantinus - Abbot - Monte Cassino - Subiaco

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