Memorial
Saint Benedict
- Feast day
- July 11
- Patron of
- Europe and monks
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine Order and wrote the Rule of Saint Benedict, which became the foundation of Western monasticism and profoundly shaped European civilization.
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