This Saint, whose name means "blessed," was born in 480 in Nursia, a small town about seventy miles northeast of Rome. He struggled in asceticism from his youth in deserted regions, where his example ...

The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin middle ages.

Chittister (Between the Dark and the Daylight), an American Benedictine nun and a prolific spiritual and political writer, is an ardent evangelist for Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian ...

Christian life Carter said two dictums from St. Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century founder of Benedictine monasticism, are a summary of the entire Christian life: "Listen carefully to the ...

A linden-tree-lined path leads to the oldest monastery in Poland. Located on the stone bank of the River Wisła, the building is protected by the figure of Saint Benedict of Nursia that stands in front ...

St. Gregory the Dialogist also relates that during the lifetime of St. Benedict of Nursia[12] there lived two women who had the unfortunate habit of judging their neighbors, speaking evil and ...

St. Francis Xavier Center had some special guests at their All Saints’ Day mass Friday morning. Many well-known saints, including St. Gabriel the Archangel, Saint Anthony of Padua, St. Maria Goretti, ...

The martyrs of Rome died for their faith - their mortal remains, many of which were still being discovered by researchers in the 19th century, were ...