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Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint (Benedict the Moor) (1526 -1589 ) Confessor, born San Philadelphio, Sicily; died Palermo. His parents were Ethiopian slaves, converted to Christianity. Freed by his master at an early age, he joined a group of hermits on Monte Pellegrino, under the Franciscan rule, and served as superior for 22 years. After … Continue reading “Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint”

Benedict of Peterborough Abbot and writer, place and date of birth unknown; d. 1193. He was educated at Oxford, and was appointed in 1174 chancellor to Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury, and in 1175 became Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury. As Abbot of Peterborough from 1177 to his death in 1193, he was a learned and … Continue reading “Benedict of Peterborough”

Benedict of Nursia, Saint Confessor , founder of western monasticism, born Nursia, Italy , c.480 ; died Monte Cassino , 543 . A brother of Saint Scholastica, when only 17 he renounced the world, and the wealth and position of his family and took refuge in a cave at Subiaco, in the Sabine mountains, where … Continue reading “Benedict of Nursia, Saint”

Benedict Of Nursia the great organizer of Western monasticism, was born at Nursia (or Norcia), in Spoleto, of wealthy parents, about A.D. 480. He was educated at Rome, but at 17 years of age he determined to devote himself to a monastic life. He fled secretly from Rome, and retired to the desert of Subiaco, … Continue reading “Benedict of Nursia”

Benedict Of Gloucester a monk of St. Peter’s, in that city, probably flourished about 1130. He wrote the Life of St. Dubricius, archbishop of Caerleon, preserved in Cott. MS. Vesp. A. xiv; which Wharton, with some omissions, has published in his Anglia Sacra, 2, 654; and which is printed more fully in Dugdale’s Monasticon (new … Continue reading “Benedict Of Gloucester”

Benedict of Aniane, Saint (745 -821 ) Abbot . After a short military career he entered the monastery of Saint Sequanus and later established a Benedictine house at Aniane, which became the model and center of the monastic reform in France under Louis the Pious. In 814 Louis founded for him the Abbey of Cornelimiinster. … Continue reading “Benedict of Aniane, Saint”

Benedict of Aniane, or Agnana a monastic reformer, was born in Languedoc in 750. In 774, being saved from drowning, he resolved to abandon the world, and retired into the monastery of St. Sequanas, near Dijon. His fastings, prayers, and mortifications were almost incredible; but he soon saw the folly of excess, and moderated his … Continue reading “Benedict of Aniane, or Agnana”

Benedict, Noah a Congregational minister, was born at Danbury, Conn. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1757; was ordained at Woodbury, Vt., Oct. 22, 1760; was a fellow of Yale College from 1801 to 1812, and died September, 1813. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 407; index of Princeton Review. … Continue reading “Benedict, Noah”

Benedict, Medal of Saint Devotional medal made at the great monastery of the Benedictine Order at Monte Cassino , Italy . It is stamped with a likeness of Saint Benedict, “Father of the Monastic Life,” bearing the book of the Benedictine rule and a cross, beneath which are the words Crux Partris Benedicti (Cross of … Continue reading “Benedict, Medal of Saint”

Benedict, Medal of A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict. One side of the medal bears an image of St. Benedict, holding a cross in the right hand and the Holy Rule in the left. On the one side of the image is a cup, on the other … Continue reading “Benedict, Medal of”