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	Benedict of Nursia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		480 – 543), born at Nursia (Norcia), Italy, was the founder of western monasticism.
		Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, and a tradition, which Bede accepts, makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica.
		Benedict was acquainted with the life and discipline of the monastery, and knew that "their manners were diverse from his and therefore that they would never agree together: yet, at length, overcome with their entreaty, he gave his consent" (ibid., 3).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia (1419 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
		Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, a small town near Spoleto, and a tradition, which St. Bede accepts, makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica.
		It is very difficult to reduce St. Benedict's teaching on prayer to a system, for this reason, that in his conception of the Christian character, prayer is coexistent with the whole life, and life is not complete at any point unless penetrated by prayer.
		But if St. Benedict gives no further directions on private prayer, it is because the whole condition and mode of life secured by the Rule, and the character formed by its observance, lead naturally to the higher states of prayer.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Benedikt_von_Nursia.html?print (4423 words)

	New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers
		Especially since the celebration of the fourteen-hundredth anniversary of Benedict's birth in 1880, his rule has been made the subject of thoroughgoing studies, and it is everywhere recognized as a code which corresponded admirably to its purpose of regulating the common life of the western monks.
		Benedict had lived as an anchorite and as a cenobite, in convents of varying size and in different parts of Italy, at the head of a single small house and of a whole group of houses.
		There was thus room for the reforming activity of Benedict of Aniane, who attempted not only to restore the pristine strictness, but to supplement the rule by special ordinances for the purpose of securing uniformity in the daily life of the Frankish monasteries.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc02.benedict_of_nursia_and_the_benedictine_order.html?bcb=0 (3262 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Benedict of Nursia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second book of St.
		Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, a small town near Spoleto, and a tradition, which St.
		Benedict spent the rest of his life realizing the ideal of monasticism which he had drawn out in his rule.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Benedict_of_Nursia (1135 words)

	The Anglican Library - Benedict of Nursia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benedict was born around A.D. 480 at Nursia, in central Italy, and went to Rome as a young man. Rome at that time was characterized by political instability, barbarian invasions, and the decline of Roman society.
		Benedict's disapproval of the manners and morals of Rome led him to a vocation of monastic seculsion.
		Benedict died sometime between 540 and 550 and was buried next to his sister, Scholastica.
	www.anglicanlibrary.org /benedict/index.htm (175 words)

	Order of Saint Benedict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy established by Saint Benedict of Nursia ca 529 was the first of the Benedictine monasteries.
		The "Order of St Benedict" is fundamentally different from other Western religious orders: there is no legal entity called the "Order of St Benedict", run on similar lines with other Roman Catholic religious orders with their Generalates and Superiors General.
		Within the Order of Saint Benedict, other religious that use the Rule of Saint Benedict and are generally considered to be of the Benedictine tradition are the Cistercians, Bernardines, and Benedictine Sisters of Grace and Compassion, although these are not part of the Benedictine Confederation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_Saint_Benedict (831 words)

	OSB. General. Saint Benedict of Nursia. Text only version
		St. Benedict did not establish the monastery of Monte Cassino in order to preserve the learning of the ages, but in fact the monasteries that later followed his Rule were places where learning and manuscripts were preserved.
		Gregory sought to show that saints of God, particularly St. Benedict, were still operative in the Christian Church in spite of all the political and religious chaos present in the realm.
		The Rule is the sole known example of Benedict's writing, but it manifests his genius to crystalize the best of the monastic tradition and to pass it on to the European West.
	www.osb.org /gen/bendctxt.html (996 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia,
		Benedict introduced the novel idea that labor was not only dignified and honorable but conducive to sanctity; it was therefore made compulsory for all who joined the order, nobles and plebeians alike.
		Benedict realized Florentius' malicious schemes were directed at him personally and he resolved to leave Subiaco, lest the souls of his spiritual sons should be further assailed.
		Benedict astounded him by replying that the monastery and everything in it would be delivered to the pagans, and the monks would barely escape with their lives.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/BENEDICT.htm (3634 words)

	Benedict of Nursia
		Benedict raised him from the ground and rebuked him for his cruelty, telling him that it was time that his iniquities should cease.
		Totila asked Benedict to remember him in his prayers and departed, to exhibit from that time an astonishing clemency and chivalry in his treatment of conquered peoples.
		Benedict drew up a rule of life for monastics, a rule which he calls "a school of the Lord's service, in which we hope to order nothing harsh or rigorous." The Rule gives instructions for how the monastic community is to be organized, and how the monks are to spend their time.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Benedict_Nursia.htm (753 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia Saint
		Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.
		The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal.
		Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.
	www.bellaumbria.net /Norcia/st_benedict.htm (245 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benedict was born in Nursia, Italy in 480 CE.
		Benedict left his hermitage to become the abbot of a nearby monastery and later established twelve more monasteries in the area.
		Between 535 and 540, Benedict wrote his Holy Rule [DOC], which was to become the standard for religious community living and is still used in monasteries world-wide.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/benedict.html (138 words)

	Saint Benedict
		Benedict watched in horror as vice unravelled the lives and ethics of his companions.
		Benedict did not want to lose the power of voice to reach up to God simply because others had use it to sink down to the gutter.
		Benedict instructed his followers to practice sacred reading -- the study of the very Scriptures they would be praying in the Work of God.
	members.tripod.com /bentang/stbenedict.htm (1625 words)

	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, WA
		St Benedict, whose name means "blessed," was born during 480 AD in Nursia, a small town about 100 kilometres northeast of Rome.
		St Benedict's sister, St. Scholastica (commemorated February 10), also became famous for her strict ascetic life and was numbered among the saints.
		O sun that shines with the Mystic Dayspring's radiance, who enlightened the monastics of the western lands, you are worthily the namesake of benediction; purge us of the filth of passions thoroughly by the sweat of your illustrious accomplishments, for we cry to you, "Rejoice, O thrice-blessed Benedict".
	home.iprimus.com.au /xenos/benedict.html (688 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Benedict of Nursia
		Gregory's account indicates, and as is confirmed by the remains of the old town and by the inscriptions found in the neighbourhood, Enfide was a place of greater importance than is the present town.
		The remainder of St. Benedict's life was spent in realizing the ideal of monasticism which he has left us drawn out in his Rule, and before we follow the slight chronological story given by St.
		Gregory is content to tell no more than a few stories descriptive of the life of the monks, and of the character and government of St. Benedict.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02467b.htm (4529 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia - Olga's Gallery
		Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.550) was born into an aristocratic family in the Umbrian province of Nursia.
		In 529, Benedict founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino and composed his famous Rule, which has served ever since as a basis both for Benedictines and for western monastic life generally.
		Benedict was the spiritual forefather of all the western orders, and is called the Patriarch of western monasticism.
	www.abcgallery.com /saints/benedict.html (304 words)

	Saint Benedict of Nursia by Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen OSB. Life, biography, introduction.
		Saint Benedict of Nursia by Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen OSB.
		Benedict did not establish the monastery of Monte Cassino in order to preserve the learning of the ages, but in fact the monasteries that later followed his Rule were places where learning and manuscripts were preserved.
		Benedict was born in Nursia, a village high in the mountains northeast of Rome.
	www.osb.org /gen/benedict.html (1295 words)

	benedict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Upon arriving there Benedict was shocked by the immoral surroundings and lives of his fellow classmates.
		In the early Middle Ages a Medal was made depicting St. Benedict holding the Cross and his Rule on one side and only a Cross on the other side.
		Around the image of St. Benedict, because of his glorious death, are the words (here translated from Latin): "May his presence protect us in the hour of death." Around the Cross on the reverse side are the initials of Latin words.
	www.monksofadoration.org /benedict.html (557 words)

	Benedict of Nursia
		Benedict required that monks establish permanent residence in a community, offering unconditional obedience to the Rule and to abbots chosen to rule over monasteries for life.
		The daily life of these monasteries, as Benedict envisioned it, was to be devoted to prayer and physical labor.
		With the approval of the pope, Benedict's Rule and Benedictine monasticism became the prevalent form of monasticism in the West.
	demo.lutherproductions.com /historytutor/basic/medieval/people/benedict.htm (169 words)

	St. Benedict
		Benedict was a brilliant light to the world not only because of his miracles and the asceticism of his life, but also because of his teachings.
		But St. Benedict's "ladder" should be briefly outlined here because of its suitability for all true Christian men and women, regardless of their station, for all Christians wish to ascend the ladder of salvation to Christ.
		Therefore, one may say that St. Benedict's Rule was preserved in spirit in the Orthodox east, just as was the memory of the Saint himself, whose feast is still kept by the Orthodox on March 14.
	www.roca.org /OA/5/5k.htm (1500 words)

	St. Benedict
		The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is contained in the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great, Book 2, The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict.
		Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, and tradition makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica.
		Benedict was acquainted with the life and discipline of the monastery, and was skeptical but at length agreed.
	stpaulsparish.org /Benedict.html (614 words)

	St Benedict of Nursia
		Our Patron, St Benedict, was born in Nursia, Italy in 480 AD - and was educated in Rome.
		He was disgusted by the vices of the city of Rome and in about the year 500, moved to Enfide, fifty kilometres away.
		Despite Benedict's desire for solitude, his holiness and strict life became well-known and he was asked by a community of monks at Vicovaro to be their abbot.
	www.stbenedicts.co.za /Religion/stbenedict.htm (316 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia
		Therefore, the Church also celebrates Benedicts feast on 11 July (which is never during the lenten season).
		Benedict is designated the "Patron Saint of Europe" because of the impact of his Rule during the Middle Ages and the pivotal role Benedictine monks played in the civilization of Europe.
		Benedict himself was born about AD480 and probably died around AD547.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/medieval_art/17206 (506 words)

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		Almighty God, and lifting her head from the table, there fell suddenly such a tempest of lightening and thundering, and such abundance of rain, that neither venerable Bennet, nor the monks that were with him, could put their head out of door" (ibid., 33).
		Three days later, "Benedict beheld the soul of his sister, which was departed from her body, in the likeness of a dove, to ascend into heaven: who rejoicing much to see her great glory, with hymns and lauds gave thanks to
		Almighty God, and did impart news of this her death to his monks whom also he sent presently to bring her corpse to his abbey, to have it buried in that grave which he had provided for himself" (ibid., 34).
	home.att.net /~sergei592/StBenedict.html (4890 words)

	St. Benedict of Nursia, abbot \| Biography and Rule of Saint Benedict -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		The decadence of Roman society of that time led Saint Benedict to withdraw to a quiet, mountainous area South of Rome called Subiaco where he lived in a cave, as a hermit.
		Because of the role of his rule in Christianizing the entire West, he was named co-Patron of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964.
		Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to choose to be known as Pope Benedict XVI.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_author/118/St._Benedict__Abbot.html (487 words)

	maggi dawn: St Benedict of Nursia
		Benedict was not planning to start an order when he wrote, just to write down a way of living that was appropriate and helpful to the average Christian.
		Benedict doesn't privelege one kind of work over another, and views work as the means by which life under GOd is fulfilled.
		The society Benedict lived in taught that work was for slaves; Benedict, by contrast, taught that it is for everyone, and is necessary for human well-being.
	maggidawn.typepad.com /maggidawn/2005/07/st_benedict_of_.html (856 words)

	St Benedict
		Saint Benedict was born in Nursia, a small town in Italy about the year 480.
		After having completed his education in Rome, Benedict felt the call to follow the Lord and went to live as a hermit in a cave at Subiaco not far from Rome.
		Saint Benedict is the Father of Western Monasticism and the Patron of Europe.
	homepage.mac.com /fahrenheit451/Sites/quarr/benedict.html (507 words)

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