founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
b. 3 Mar 480 · d. 23 Mar 547
Benedict of Nursia, often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian monk and the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, and Old Catholic Churches. In 1964, Pope Paul VI declared Benedict a patron saint of Europe.
Norcia · Abbey of Monte Cassino