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Frari (Venice) - Sacristy - triptych by Giovanni Bellini - Saint Benedict of Nursia and Saint Mark
Benedict of Nursia

Bedenict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine order. He was born around 480, in Nursia (in Perugia, south of Italy), and died on the 24th of March 547, in Montecassino, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Rome. Around 521, he founded the monastery at Montecassino which became the first Benedictine abbey.

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  • Benedetto, Mauro e Placido

    Saint Benedict orders Saint Maurus to the rescue of Saint Placidus, by Fra Filippo Lippi, 1445 A.D.

  • Benedict of Nursia

    Eastern Orthodox icon of Saint Benedict.

  • StBenedictVadeRetroSatana

    Image of Saint Benedict with a cross (which is inscribed, "Crux sacra sit mihi lux! Non draco sit mihi dux!" ("May the holy cross be my light! May the dragon never be my overlord!")) and a scroll stating "Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas! ("Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!", or in brief,Vade Retro Satana which is abbreviated on the Saint Benedict Medal

  • Benediktusmedaille

    Benedict depicted on a Jubilee Saint Benedict Medal for the 1400th anniversary of his birth in 1880

  • 2002 Austria 50 Euro Christian Religious Orders front

    Austria 50 euro 'The Christian Religious Orders' commemorative coin

  • Totila e San Benedetto

    Totila and Saint Benedict, painted by Spinello Aretino.


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