** Benedict Joseph Labre

** Benedict of Aniane

** Benedict Biscop

** The nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV

** Benedict J. Semmes, Jr., American admiral ( d. 1994 )

** Pope Pius XI ( Achille Ratti ) succeeds Pope Benedict XV as the 259th pope.

** Pope Benedict XV ( b. 1854 )

** Pope Clement XIII succeeds Pope Benedict XIV as the 248th pope.

** Benedict Joseph Labre, French saint ( b. 1745 )

** American Revolution: Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, leading the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, capture Fort Ticonderoga.

** Avignon Pope Benedict XIII ( d. 1423 )

** Henry Benedict Stuart, the ' Cardinal Duke of York ', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX

** Benedict Arnold's 1775 encampment — north end of Main Street at its merger with Route 201.

** Benedict Canyon

** f. nipeensis ( Benedict ) Mickel ; Brittonia 33 ( 3 ): 426 ( 1981 )

** Scenes from the life of St Francis, and Two Scenes from the life of St Benedict, in the church of S. Francesco in Narni

** Benedict Cumberbatch, actor

** Truman Benedict Elementary School

** Lieutenant Benedict Ang Yong Cheun, Sword of Honour Recipient

** World ; " Pope Benedict XVI is involved in a serious scandal ".

Carving of St. Benedict of Nursia, holding an abbot's crozier and his Rule of St. Benedict | Rule for Monasteries ( Münsterschwarzach, Germany ).

The lives of numerous abbots make up a significant contribution to Christian hagiography, one of the most well-known being the Life of St. Benedict of Nursia by St. Gregory the Great.

There, he anticipated the rule of Benedict of Nursia who lived about 200 years later ; " pray and work ", by engaging himself and his disciple or disciples in manual labor.

Benedict of Nursia () ( c. 480 – 543 ) is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.

Benedict was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, the modern Norcia, in Umbria.

Saint Benedict of Nursia ( c. 480 – 543 ), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, Saint Mark's Basilica | San Marco, Florence ( c. 1400 – 1455 ).

The monastery at Subiaco established in Italy by Saint Benedict of Nursia circa 529 was the first of a dozen monasteries founded by him.

One of Benedict's primary reforms was to ensure that all religious houses in Louis ' realm adhered to the Rule of Saint Benedict, named for its creator, Benedict of Nursia ( 480 – 550 ), the First Benedict.

The precise dating of the Rule of the Master is problematic ; but it has been argued on internal grounds that it antedates the so-called Rule of Saint Benedict created by Benedict of Nursia for his monastery in Monte Cassino, Italy ( c. 529 ), and the other Benedictine monasteries he himself had founded ( cf.

Some may be named after this obscure pontiff, but most take their regnal name from Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Benedictine monastic movement.

In particular, Pope Benedict XVI stated after his election that he was inspired by Pope Benedict XV, who led the Church through the chaos of World War I, and Saint Benedict of Nursia.

The Rule of Saint Benedict ( Regula Benedicti ) is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

Christian monasticism first appeared in the Eastern Roman Empire a few generations before Benedict of Nursia, in the Egyptian desert.

In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.

* 529: Saint Benedict of Nursia founds the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy.

* Benedict of Nursia, ( 480 – 547 ), Umbrian founder of Western Monasticism

* Benedict of Nursia, monasticist ( approximate date )