Definition of St. Benedict

1. Noun. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547).

Exact synonyms: Benedict, Saint Benedict
Generic synonyms: Monastic, Monk, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Benedict

St. Andrew's Cross
St. Andrew's cross
St. Anselm
St. Anthony's cross
St. Anthony's crosses
St. Anthony's fire
St. Athanasius
St. Augustine
St. Baeda
St. Barbara's herb
St. Basil
St. Basil the Great
St. Beda
St. Bede
St. Benedict (current term)
St. Bernard
St. Bernards
St. Boniface
St. Bride
St. Bridget
St. Brigid
St. Bruno
St. Catharines
St. Christopher
St. Christopher-Nevis
St. Cloud
St. Crispin
St. Dabeoc's heath
St. David

Literary usage of St. Benedict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1914)
"The monastic brotherhood known as the Order of St. Benedict was established by St. Benedict in the early part of the sixth century at Subiaco, Italy, ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"English Black Monk» of St. Benedict, 2 vols., ib. 1897; Heim- bucher, Orden und Kongregationen, i. 92-263. Of the Rui« among old editions the best is by L. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"... tht! monasteries which recognised the sue- in 543, the year of the death of St. Benedict at cessor of Columba as their superior. It was Monte Cassino. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"One side of the medal bears an image of St. Benedict, holding a cross in the ... The ordinary medal of St. Benedict usually differs from the preceding in ..."

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