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St Benedict

Saint Benedict of Nursia
Frari (Venice) - Sacristy - triptych by Giovanni Bellini - Saint Benedict of Nursia and Saint Mark.jpg
Abbot
Patron of Europe (Patronus Europae)
Born c. 2 March 480
Norcia, Umbria, Kingdom of Odoacer
Died 21 March 543
Monte Cassino, Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Anglican Communion
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Canonized 1220, Rome, Papal States by Pope Honorius III
Major shrine

Monte Cassino Abbey, with his burial
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France

Sacro Speco, at Subiaco, Italy
Feast 11 July (General Roman Calendar), (Anglican Communion)
14 March (Byzantine Rite)
21 March (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)
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 and students
-Servants who have broken their master's belongings
-Speleologists
-Spelunkers
-Temptations

Monte Cassino Abbey, with his burial
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France

Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus de Nursia; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; Vulgar Latin: *Benedecto; Gothic: ...
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