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He belong to a rich family
St. Benedict
His life was related/narrated by
Pope St. Gregory the Great
A relative of the great Patriarch and a member of his order (OSB)
St. Gregory the Great
What is OSB?
Ordo Sancti Benedicti (Order of St. Benedict)
Missionary
assign to different places (Africa, America, etc)
Diocesan
local
He was not personally acquainted with St. Benedict
St. Gregory
First successor of St. Benedict in the monastery of Monte Cassino
Abbot Constantine
directed the monastery of the Lateran
Abbot Valentinian
third Abbot of Monte Cassino
Simplicius
First Abbot of Subiaco at the time of St. Gregory
Honoratus
St. Benedict was born in the year
480 at Nursia (a city in southern Italy)
St. Benedict was descended from the _______, a noble Roman family
Anicians
his family are known to be
senators, generals, saints
St. Benedict’s Father
Eupropius