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          Saint
          Benedict of Nursia
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          A portrait of Saint Benedict as depicted in the Benedetto Portinari Triptych, by Hans Memling.

          Founder of the Benedictine Order, Exorcist, Mystic, Abbot of Monte Cassino, and Father of Western Monasticism
          Born(480-03-02)2 March 480
          Nursia, Kingdom of Italy
          Died21 March 547(547-03-21) (aged 67)
          Mons Casinus, Eastern Roman Empire
          Venerated inAll Christian denominations which venerate saints
          Canonized1220, Rome, Papal States by Pope Honorius III
          Major shrineMonte Cassino Abbey, with his burial

          Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France

          Sacro Speco, at Subiaco, Italy
          Feast11 July (General Roman Calendar), (Anglican Communion)
          14 March (Eastern Orthodox Church)
          21 March (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)
          Attributes
          • Bell
          • Broken tray
          • Broken cup and serpent represen