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Monday, July 11, 2011

St. Benedict - FOUNDER OF WESTERN MONASTICISM





Feast Day:July 11
Born:
480, Norcia (Umbria, Italy)
Died:21 March 547 at Monte Cassino, Italy
Canonized:1220
Major Shrine:
Monte Cassino Abbey, with his burial

Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France

Sacro Speco, at Subiaco, Italy
Patron of:Against poison, Against witchcraft, Cavers, Civil engineers, Coppersmiths, Dying people, Erysipelas, Europe, Farmers, Fever, Gall stones, Inflammatory diseases, Italian architects, Kidney disease, Monks, Nettle rash, Schoolchildren, Servants who have broken their master's belongings, Speliologists, Spelunkers, Temptations




Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/B/stbenedictofnursia.asp#ixzz1RqTKiT51

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