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Benedict of Nursia

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Benedict of Nur·si·a  (nûrsh-, -sh), Saint a.d. 480?-547?
Italian monk who as founder of the Benedictine order (c. 529) is considered the patriarch of Western monasticism.


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Benedict of Nursia and Pope Benedict XVI know the difference between terce and sext, and which Psalms are said at each.
Benedict of Nursia instructs the abbot or prioress to call the community to counsel when anything important needs to be decided.
Benedict of Nursia was obviously more successful in evangelizing Europe than was Benedict XV (although only after centuries of gestation); and that, I thought, was the point of the cardinal's reflections.
 
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