St. Benedict
St. Benedict was born at Nursia in 480, a small town near Spoleto, in Italy. His name means blessed. He was the son of a Roman noble and was very wealthy and had a privileged childhood. The names of his mother and father are not known but he had a twin sister named Scholastica, who is also a saint.
While still in his youth, he lived with his parents in Rome where he spent his time attending schools and advancing his studies. During his time in Rome, there was a lot of evil and wickedness in the city. He left school around A.D. 500 because of the wickedness and the lack of discipline that was demonstrated by his fellow students. He wanted to get away from it all. So he not only left school but ran away from home and hid in the mountains near Subiaco, that were about forty miles from Rome. For the next three years Benedict lived there as a hermit in a cave on the side of the cliff. It is reported that he was fed by a raven from time to time. His only visitors that came to......
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