Benedict of Nursia (480-547). Italian Christian monk. Founder of the Benedictine Order. Benedict died surrounded by his disciples on 21 March 547, in the abbey of Montecasino. Funeral of Saint Benedict. Engraving by Huyot after a fresco by Spinello Aretino in the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy, 1388. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.
Benedict of Nursia.
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