Saint Benedict
Benedict was born the son of a Roman Noble of Nursia in Umbria Italy.
Benedict left his home and travelled to Subiaco where he met a monk by the name of Romanus of Subiaco. On his advice he lived in a cave in the mountains for a period of three years in order to clean his soul. Legend tells us that the local monks tried to poison his drink only for the cup to shatter before he could drink from it. When they tried to poison his bread a raven swept in and took the bread away after he blessed it. Later he founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Italy. Afterwards he moved to Monte Cassino where he founded the famous Benedictine Monastery which lies on a hilltop between Rome and Naples.
He passed from this Earth on the day that God had told him and was buried in the same place as his sister on the 21st March 547, which to this day remains his feast day. He was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul V1 in 1964.
He has left us the Rule of Saint Benedict which tells us how to live a spiritual life and the best way of administering a monastery. Pope Benedict XV1 described Saint Benedict’s life work as influencing the development of European civilisation and culture. He also expressed the belief that Saint Benedict helped Europe emerge from the Dark Ages that followed the fall of the Roman Empire.
Today the Benedictine family is represented by the Benedictine Federation and also by the Cistercians.
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