This Saint, whose name means "blessed," was born in 480 in Nursia, a small town about seventy miles northeast ... rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Benedict, ...

Benedict was born in Nursia in Italy and lived from about 480 to 550 AD ... bound together by a common rule of life. The Rule of St Benedict is essentially a simple and practical guide for daily ...

So committed are they to Norcia that they named their widely acclaimed beer, Birra Nursia, not after Benedict or another saint but after the town. Fortunately, the brewery was not destroyed in the ...

In The Benedict Option, you can read about believers — some under religious vows, others in the lay state — who are following in St. Benedict’s footsteps over 14 centuries after he lived and ...