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	St. Benedict of Nursia - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
		He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected himself by the love of a woman (Ibid.
		Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile, is in the Simbrucini mountains, about forty miles from Rome and two from Subiaco.
		As St. 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.
	heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Benedikt_von_Nursia.html?print (4423 words)

	Benedict of Nursia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If we accept the date 480 for his birth, we may fix the date of his abandonment of his studies and leaving home at about 500 CE.
		Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile, is in the Simbruini mountains, about forty miles from Rome and two from Subiaco.
		A short distance from Enfide is the entrance to a narrow, gloomy valley, penetrating the mountains and leading directly to Subiaco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia (1419 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Benedict of Nursia
		Gregory expresses it, "he was in the world and was free to enjoy the advantages which the world offers, but drew back his foot which he had, as it were, already set forth in the world" (ibid., Introd.).
		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.
		Gregory, that God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong are strong in them, "be wearied with labour and pains".
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02467b.htm (4529 words)

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		Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile Affile, is in the Simbrucini Simbrucini mountains, about forty miles from Rome and two from Subiaco Subiaco.
		At Enfide Benedict worked his first miracle miracle by restoring to perfect condition an earthenware wheat-sifter ("capisterium capisterium") which his old servant had accidentally broken.
		So it is no surprise that the motto motto of the Benedictine Order Benedictine Order is: "ora et labora", or "pray and work." right right A short distance from Enfide is the entrance to a narrow, gloomy valley, penetrating the mountains and leading directly to Subiaco.
	www.biodatabase.de /Benedict (1173 words)

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		As Saint 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 ruins of these vast buildings and the wide sheet of falling water closed up the entrance of the valley to Saint Benedict as he came from Enfide; to-day the narrow valley lies open before us, closed only by the far off mountains.
		It is necessary, comments Saint Gregory, that God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong are strong in them, "be wearied with labour and pains".
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/stb02004.htm (4388 words)

	Pope Benedict XVI
		As St. Gregory's account indicates, and as is confirmed by the remains of the old town and by the inscriptions found in the neighborhood, Enfide was a place of greater importance than is the present town.
		It was in order that his own life might be "wearied with labors for God's sake" that St. Benedict left Enfide for the cave at Subiaco.
		It is necessary, comments St. Gregory, that God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong are strong in them, "be wearied with labor and pains".
	www.ewtn.com /pope/life/stbenedict.asp (4467 words)

	Benedict_of_Nursia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Enfide - which teh tradition 0f Subiaco identifies with teh modern Affile - is inside teh Simbruini mountains - about forty miles from Rome & two from Subiaco.
		A short distance from Enfide is teh entrance to a narrow - gloomy valley - penetrating teh mountains & leading directly to Subiaco.
		On his way from Enfide - Benedict met a monk - Romanus - whose monastery was on teh mountain above teh cliff overhanging teh cave.
	www.finance-information-issue.info /Benedict_of_Nursia (1762 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Order Of Saint Benedict
		And he had heard that at Enfide, which they were now approaching, there dwelt near the Church of Saint Peter a number of holy men who were engaged in sacred studies.
		Now at Enfide Benedict could discuss these ideas with his new friends, and could read further in the writings left by the holy Egyptian Fathers.
		The next thing Benedict knew was that the miraculous sieve had been hung high up over the church door for all to see, as an exhortation to prayer and a reminder that a Saint dwelt amongst them.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=4366 (8977 words)

	Saint Benedict's Catholic Church - Broken Arrow, OK - Our Patron Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He may have been of noble lineage, and he had a sister, Scholastica, herself a saint, who from childhood vowed herself to God.
		While a teenager, Benedict left his school in Rome to seek solitude in a remote hilltop village called Enfide.
		In an attempt to evade the notariety that this action brought, he soon left Enfide in search of complete seclusion.
	www.saintben.com /PATSAINT.html (1473 words)

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		God's sake he deliberately chose the hardships of life and the weariness of labour" (ibid., 1).
		God's sake" that St. Benedict left Enfide for the cave at Subiaco.
		God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong are strong in them, "be wearied with labour and pains".
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	Believing Thomas -July 2005
		Benedict eschewed the life of the wealthy Roman family to which he was born in Nursia, Umbria in central Italy around 480.
		In fact, it was to retreat from the somewhat dissolute life of the Romans who educated him that Benedict evacuated first to Enfide and later to Subiaco.
		For an extended period he lived in a cave with one other man. It was there that he began an order of laymen who desired to live a more Christian life filled with hard work.
	www.sfcsa.org /church/bt_2005_07.htm (682 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.
		He decided to live the life of a hermit and settled in the mountainous region of Subiaco, where he lived in a cave for three years, supported by a holy monk, Romanus.
	www.stbenedicts.co.za /Religion/stbenedict.htm (316 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He took his old nurse with him as a servant and they settled down to live in Enfide, in some kind of association with "a company of virtuous men" who were in sympathy with his feelings and his views of life.
		Enfide (the modern Affile) is in the Simbrucini mountains, about sixty kilometers from Rome and three from Subiaco.
		— 4 The Monk Romanus Vests Benedict in the Habit of a Hermit (600x460pix _ ZOOM to 1400x1073pix) _ On his way from Enfide, Benedict found a cave in Subiaco and met the monk Romanus, whose monastery was on the mountain above the cave.
	www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br /art/art4feb/art0215.html (6859 words)

	St Benedict CEncyclopedia
		Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile, is in the Simbrucini
		A short distance from Enfide is the entrance to a narrow, gloomy valley, penetrating the mountains
		The path continues to ascend, and the side of the ravine, on which it runs, becomes steeper, until we reach a cave above which the mountain now rises almost perpendicularly; while on the right hand it strikes in a rapid descent down to where, in St.
	saintbenedict.org /stblonglife.htm (4742 words)

	ST. BENEDICT MEDAL-Angel Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was born in Nursia, Italy and educated in Rome.
		In about the year 500, he fled to Enfide, thirty miles away, to escape the vices of the city.
		He decided to live the life of a hermit and settled in the mountains, where he lived in a cave for three years.
	www.catholicchild.com /prodinfo.asp?number=35000BENED (251 words)

	SAINT BENEDICT
		With the old woman, he went eastward from Rome into the Sabine Mountains, stopping at the small village of Enfide.
		His stay there was short because of a miracle he worked for his nurse, the mending of an earthenware sieve.
		This was only the first miracle of many that were to attract people to Benedict, and when the people of Enfide heard of this particular occurrence they began to visit him in crowds.
	www.stfrancisvernon.org /stbenedict.htm (797 words)

	St Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The two journeyed eastward to Enfide, a lonely village in the Simbrucini mountains, where Benedict planned to labor for that inner peace he had vainly sought amid the schools and monuments of the imperial city.
		But again, as in Enfide, he was found out, this time by shepherds who told of the young hermit in his shaggy dress of hides, and the report of his holiness quickly spread over the near-by country despite all his attempts at concealment.
		Not far from Benedict’s cave was the monastery of Vicovato whose monks, the true children of their time, led an earthly life — lax, idle, indifferent.
	www.counselingctr.org /community/id43.html (5082 words)

	Grantian Florilegium: All the Benedicts
		At about the age of 14, he left Rome in an effort to find some place away from the life of the great city where he might more faithfully serve Christ.
		He took with him his old nurse and they settled down to live in Enfide, near a church dedicated to St. Peter.
		There he entered into a sort of association with a company of virtuous men who were likewise seeking a path of purity and faithfulness.
	www.kingsmeadow.com /2005/05/all-benedicts.html (1018 words)

	St (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But he told this decision only to his nanny.
		Before he lived in village parish in Enfide (today’s Affile), but he escaped also from there.
		Between The Sabin Mountans, Subicco territories, in The Anio Valley, he put on his monk clothes and settled down in a cave.
	www.isidor.se /ccreurope/benedict.htm (347 words)

	The Compass newspaper -- July 9, 2004 Issue -- Saint of the Day
		He parents sent him to Rome to attend college, but the rampant immorality there caused him to flee.
		He settled in Enfide, a mountain village 30 miles from Rome, but soon decided that God was calling him to be a hermit.
		He found a remote mountain cave at Subiaco, where his only human contact was a monk, Romanus, who brought him bread daily, which Benedict received by pulling a rope tied to a basket.
	www.thecompassnews.org /compass/2004-07-09/saintoftheday.shtml (545 words)

	Saint Benedict Abbot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		No one knew of his plan except an aged family servant, who loyally insisted on accompanying him to serve his wants.
		Benedict and this old woman made their way to a village called Enfide, in the Sabine Mountains, some thirty miles from Rome.
		In the Dialogues, Saint Gregory gives us a series of remarkable incidents associated with Benedict's life, one of them occurring at this time.
	www.thesacredheart.com /sts/benedct.htm (1557 words)

	TERE.ORG - Teachers Enterprise in Religious Education
		When he was about twenty, he felt he was being called by God to leave Rome and get away from the bad behaviour that was going on there.
		At first he went to Enfide, a small village in the mountains, thirty miles from Rome.
		But soon he felt God was calling him to solitude and to abandon the world.
	www.tere.org /secondary/inspirational/st_benedict.html (428 words)

	St. Basil
		He was educated in Rome, but at the age of about 20 he feared contamination from the godlessness of his schoolmates who imitated the vices of their elders, and abandoned everything, even the prospect of a career as a Roman noble, and fled to the mountain some 30 miles from Rome.
		The saint first settled in a village named Enfide with his elderly servant.
		Here he worked his first miracle by restoring to perfect condition an earthenware wheat sifter that the servant had accidentally broken.
	www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com /B.html (4977 words)

	St. Benedict Monastery Online
		Benedict was from a noble family and as a young man was sent to study in Rome.
		He was repulsed by the moral decadence he found there and so set off at the age of twenty for Enfide, a village thirty miles to the east.
		Later he traveled to the mountainous region of Subiaco where he lived in the solitude for three years.
	www.benedictinemonks.com /bnmonk11.htm (599 words)

	Saint Benedict \| Catholic-Pages.com
		Saint Benedict was of good birth, and after growing up in the Sabine town of Norcia, was sent to Rome with a nurse for a liberal education.
		There he was so repulsed by the licentiousness of the Romans that he retreated, with his nurse, to the village of Enfide 30 miles outside Rome.
		There Benedict set upon the need to abandon the world for solitude.
	www.catholic-pages.com /saints/st_benedict.asp (355 words)

	St George's News, October 2001 Edition
		He was born about 480AD into a well-to-do Christian family living in Nursia, a town about 70 miles north east of Rome.
		Benedict was educated at home before being sent to Rome to complete his education, but he found the city so licentious and full of temptations that he abandoned his studies and moved on to Enfide (modern Affile).
		But once again he found life not to his liking.
	www.stgeorgesnews.org /2001/08f10.htm (975 words)

	Our Lady Queen Monastery: History
		There he was faced with a debauched society.
		Losing all desire to pursue a secular education, he went to the city Enfide with his nurse.
		One day he miraculously repaired a sieve for her and this brought him notoriety which he fled from.
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/olqm/history.htm (662 words)

	St. Benedict
		He gave up a career as a Roman noble.
		They settled in Enfide, outside of Rome, in some kind of association with "a company of virtuous men" who were in sympathy with his feelings and his views of life.
		At Enfide, Benedict worked his first miracle by restoring to perfect condition an earthenware wheat-sifter or sieve that his old servant had accidentally broken.
	stpaulsparish.org /Benedict.html (614 words)

	Rules of St Benedict
		The notoriety which this miracle brought upon Benedict drove him to escape still farther from social life, and "he fled secretly from his nurse and sought the more retired district of Subiaco." His purpose of life had also been modified.
		The purpose of his Rule was to bring men "back to God by the labour of obedience, from whom they had departed by the idleness of disobedience." Work was the first condition of all growth in goodness.
		When the Goth "gave over the world" and went to Subiaco, St. Benedict gave him a bill-hook and set him to clear away briars for the making of a garden.
	www.holytrinitymission.org /books/english/rule_st_benedict_e.htm (11634 words)

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