CATHOLIC
ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Benedict of Nursia
... 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 ...
St.
Benedict of Nursia
... St. Benedict, the Father of Western monasticism and brother of Scholastica,
is considered
the patron of speliologists (cave explorers). He was born in Nursia ...
Benedict of
Nursia
... Benedict was born at Nursia (Norcia) in Umbria, Italy, around 480 AD. He was
sent
to Rome for his studies, but was repelled by the dissolute life of most of ...
The
Ecole Glossary
... St. Benedict. Benedict was born in Nursia, Italy in 480 CE. For three years
during
his adulthood, he lived as a hermit in Subiaco where he met St. Romanus, who ...
Benedictine Sisters: St.
Benedict of Nursia
... and of Western monsticism, and the patron saint of Europe. St. Benedict was
born
in Nursia, Italy, ca. 480. He was the son of wealthy Roman parents, who sent ...
St. Benedict of
Nursia - Olga's Gallery
... St. Benedict of Nursia was born into an aristocratic family around 480 in
the Umbrian
province of Nursia. Around 500 he retired to a cave in a place, which was ...
St. Benedict
of Nursia, c.480-c.543
... The founder of Western monasticism, Saint Benedict, was born at Nursia near
Spoleto.
While still a student at Rome, the young Benedict discovered that the only ...
Benedict
of Nursia
... Dialogues from four of Benedict s disciples. The evidence indicates that
Benedict
was born at Nursia, Italy, in about 480; that he studied in Rome, where he ...
Metacrawler
query: Benedict of Nursia
... 98 Catholic Encyclopedia: BENEDICT OF NURSIA, SAINT St. Benedict of Nursia.
Founder
of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543 ...
St.
Benedict of Nursia, Wichita Falls
... St. Benedict of Nursia Antiochian Orthodox Church was born on Sunday, 13
November,
1994. The culmination of a long journey to the Orthodox Church, its ...
The Anglican Library -
Benedict of Nursia
... Benedict was born around AD 480 at Nursia, in central Italy, and went to
Rome
as a young man. Rome at that time was characterized by political instability ...
BENEDICT
OF NURSIA, Saint
... Born into a distinguished family of Nursia, in central Italy, Benedict spent
his
early years studying in Rome. Shocked by the degenerate life of the city, he ...
Venerable St. Benedict
of Nursia (27 Feb/14 Mar)
... Western Benedictine monastic order was born in the Italian city of Nursia in
the
year 480. At 14 ... of life. At first, St. Benedict took up residence near ...
Exciting
Holiness: 11 July
... Benedict was born in Nursia, central Italy, around the year 480. As a young
man
he was sent to study in Rome, but was soon appalled by the corruption in ...
Saint
Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia. ... He was born in Central Italy in 480AD and died in
547AD.
He spent his early years studying in Rome. He lived in a cavern near ...
St. Benedict of
Nursia - Suite101.com
... St. Benedict of Nursia Author: George R. Hoelzeman Published on: March 17,
1999. ... Benedict
himself was born about AD480 and probably died around AD547. The ...
St. Benedict of
Nursia,
... Western Church—St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of the great order which
bears his
name. We know little of his background, save that he was born about the year ...
ST. BENEDICT
... the whole of Europe, Benedict, God's chosen instrument in that era, appeared
as patriarch
of the monks of the West. He was born at Nursia, Umbria, Italy, in 480 ...
Benedict
Of Nursia, Saint - Britannica.com
... Nursia also spelled NORCIA, founder of the Benedictine ... accepted as
historical. He
gives no dates, however. Benedict was born of good family and was sent by ...
Monks
... link to Rule) that was to become the foundation of western monasticism was
Benedict
of Nursia, born around 480 in Umbria. About 500 he fled dissolute Rome and ...
Saint
George's Saint of the Day Page
... Saint Benedict was born in the city of Nursia (Umbria) in AD 480 of the
noble family
known as Aniccii--a great family that was to Nursia what the Medici were ...
Untitled
Document
... to the life works of St. Benedict of Nursia. St. Benedict of Nursia was born
in 480AD
and died in 543. Born to a noble Roman family, Benedict became jaded with ...
St. Benedict Parish
Information
... Saint Benedict the Abbot is known as the patriarch of western monasticism.
He was
born approximately 480 AD and died in 547. During his lifetime, the Goths ...
Park Street Pulpit
- Dr. Daniel Harrell
... considered for inclusion, a process which took 4 months more. Benedict of
Nursia
was born in Italy around 480 AD. As a teenager, he traveled to Rome to study ...
benedict
... Monks. Around his teenage years Benedict, born of a noble family, left
Nursia with
his nurse (more like a housekeeper) for an education in Rome. But in those ...
St. Benedict
Medal
... Origin and Explanation. St. Benedict (born at Nursia, Italy, in 480) had a
profound
veneration for the holy Cross and for our Savior Crucified. In virtue of the ...
