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Aquinas Press - Saint Benedict Novena booklet
Our Aquinas Press Novena book series offers completely illustration nine-day Novena's with special prayers to ten beloved saints. In addition we offer Novenas to the Sacred Heart and the Divine Mercy and four Novena books in honour of Our Blessed Mother - all in an appealingly illustrated 24 page format.
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Benedict of Nursia
 Saint Benedict Detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico | |
| Abbot Patron of Europe | |
| Born | c. 480 Norcia ( Umbria , Italy ) |
| Died | 21 March 543 (aged 64) Monte Cassino |
| Honored in | Roman Catholicism Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheran Church |
| Canonized | 1220, Rome by Pope Honorius III |
| Major shrine | Sacro Speco, at |
| Feast | July 11 ( Roman Catholic calendar of saints ), ( Anglican Communion ) March 14 ( Byzantine Rite ) March 21 (on local calendars and in the General Roman Calendar of 1962 ) |
| Attributes | -Bell -Broken tray -Broken cup and serpent representing poison -Broken utensil -Bush -Crosier -Man in a Benedictine cowl holding Benedict's rule or a rod of discipline -Raven |
| Patronage | -Against poison -Against witchcraft -Agricultural workers -Cavers -Civil engineers - Coppersmiths -Dying people -Erysipelas - Europe -Farmers -Fever -Gall stones - Heerdt ( Germany ) - Heraldry and Officers of arms -the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest -Inflammatory diseases -Italian architects -Kidney disease -Monks -Nettle rash - Norcia ( Italy ) -People in religious orders - Schoolchildren -Servants who have broken their master's belongings -Speliologists -Spelunkers -Temptations |
Benedict of Nursia
(
Italian
:
San Benedetto da Norcia
) (c. 480 — 21 March 543 or 547) is a Christian saint, honored by the
Anglican Church
and the
Catholic Church
as the
patron saint
of Europe and students.
[1]
Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at
Subiaco, Italy
(about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of
Rome
), before moving to
Monte Cassino
in the mountains of
southern Italy
. The
Catholic Order of St Benedict
and the
Anglican Order of St Benedict
are of later origin and, moreover, not an "order" as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations.
[2]
Benedict's main achievement is his "
Rule of Saint Benedict
", containing
precepts
for his monks. It is heavily influenced by the writings of
John Cassian
, and shows strong affinity with the
Rule of the Master
. But it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (,
epieikeia
), and this persuaded most religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it. As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Benedict is often called the founder of western monasticism.