Pope Benedict XVI devoted his catechesis during his general audience on April 9 to St. Benedict of Nursia, the father of Western monasticism, patron saint of Europe, and the patron saint of Pope ...

Over the centuries, a magnificent monastic complex was built around the Sacred Cave where St. Benedict developed his ...

Saint Benedict, founder of Western monasticism, was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. When he was fourteen years of age, the saint's parents sent him to Rome to study. Unsettled by ...

The Good Life and St Benedict of Nursia 05/07/2009. Noel Debien speaks with David Orr, a monk of the Benedictine monastery at Arcadia in North-Western Sydney.

A fifth century Christian saint, Benedict of Nursia was a hermit who was pressed into leadership and ended up writing a manual on how to lead, live and pursue goals that resonates today.

Although today Subiaco is known as the birthplace of Western monasticism, thanks to St. Benedict of Nursia -- who spent three years living in a cave there before starting 13 monasteries -- it was ...

In the early 6th century, when St. Benedict of Nursia wrote his Rule for living together in community, I doubt he could have imagined that 16 centuries later, a college and university on a ...

Analyzing the 266 popes elected since Saint Peter in the 1st century, ... Similarly, the name Benedict, also borne by 16 popes, refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, founder of Western monasticism.

In the year 529, the civilization of Rome was a fainting glimmer. That year Saint Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order, established its abbey on Monte Cassino—a steady light, on ...