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Benedict of Nursia
Benedict of Nursia, often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian monk and the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, and Old Catholic Churches. In 1964, Pope Paul VI declared Benedict a patron saint of Europe.
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culture · Italian Catholic saint and monk (480–547) · writer · theologian · religious · also Benedict of Nursia, St. Benedict, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict, Bengt, Nursia
Born 3 March 0480 · Died 23 March 0547 · Q44265
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2008· 1 entry
National Catholic Register: St. Benedict of Nursia
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1980· 1 entry
Pope John Paul II declared him co-patron of Europe, together with Cyril and Methodius
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1964· 1 entry
Pope Paul VI declared Benedict a patron saint of Europe
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1880· 1 entry
To commemorate the fourteenth centenary of Benedict's birth and is also called the Jubilee Medal; its exact origin, however, is unknown
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0547· 1 entry
Died 0547-03-23.
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0480· 1 entry
Born 0480-03-03.
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