Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century
Venerable Benedict of Nursia
Also known as Benedict of Norcia · St. Benedict
Benedict left Rome as a young man to live as a hermit at Subiaco, then gathered disciples and founded a series of monasteries, crowned by the great house at Monte Cassino. His Rule, balancing prayer, work, and obedience, became the foundation of Western monasticism.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org