Saint Benedict was born on March 2, 480 AD, in Norcia, Italy, and died in March 21, 547, AD, in Monte Cassino. Saint Benedict’s Feast Day is on July 11, and it is kept by monks on March 21. He is the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict is founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino and father of Western monasticism; the rule that he established became the norm for monastic living throughout Europe. Benedict was born of a good family. He was sent to Roman schools, to finish his education with a Nurse/Housekeeper. In Benedict’s youth, Rome under Theodoric still retained vestiges of the old administrative and governmental system, with a Senate and consuls. His life spanned the decades in which the decayed imperial city became
