Benedict of Nursia

Saint Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine order. He was born around 480, in Nursia (in Perugia, north of Rome), and died on the 24th of March 547, in Montecassino, about

Benedict Of Nursia Media

Memling, Trittico di Benedetto Portinari, San Benedetto
Saint Benedict orders Saint Maurus to the rescue of Saint Placidus, by Fra Filippo Lippi, AD 1445
Totila and Saint Benedict, painted by Spinello Aretino. According to Pope Gregory, King Totila ordered a general to wear his kingly robes in order to see whether Benedict would discover the truth. Immediately Benedict detected the impersonation, and Totila came to pay him due respect.
Benedict depicted on a Jubilee Saint Benedict Medal for the 1,400th anniversary of his birth in 1880
Saint Benedict and the cup of poison (Melk Abbey, Austria)
Small gold-coloured Saint Benedict crucifix
Both sides of a Saint Benedict Medal

140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Rome. Around 521, he founded the monastery at Montecassino which became the first Benedictine abbey. He established specific guidelines of conduct, known as the "Rule of Saint Benedict, for the monks.

He was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964.

The Feast day, as stated in the General Roman Calendar, is celebrated on July 11.