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Definition of St. Benedict
1. Noun. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547).
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Benedict
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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