Benedict of Nursia
c. 480–c. 547
Italian monk who wrote the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–c. 547) was a monk, born in Norcia and died in Abbey of Monte Cassino.
- Known as
- Monk
- Category
- Religious Figures
- Born
- c. 480, Norcia
- Died
- c. 547, Abbey of Monte Cassino
Alive at the same time as Benedict of Nursia
- Bodhidharma c. 440–c. 528, monk
- Aryabhata 476–550, mathematician
- Boethius c. 480–524, philosopher
- Justinian I c. 482–565, emperor
Portrait: Fra Angelico, Public domain.