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Benedict, St.
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The founder of Western monachism, born near Spoleto; left home at 14; passed three years as a hermit, in a cavern near Subiaco, to prepare himself for God's service; attracted many to his retreat; appointed to an abbey, but left it; founded 12 monasteries of his own; though possessed of no scholarship, composed his "Regula Monachorum," which formed the rule of his order; represented in art as accompanied by a raven with sometimes a loaf in his bill, or surrounded by thorns or by howling demons (480-543). See Benedictines .
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Benedict, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/benedict-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Benedict, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/benedict-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
