Life of St. Benedict
Author: first_name: Pope
last_name: Gregory I
Language: English
Year: 1880

St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities.  His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict," became one of the most influential monastic rules in the West. St. Benedict is sometimes called the founder of Western monasticism.<br><br>

One of the only ancient accounts of  St. Benedict is found in the second volume of Pope Gregory I's four-book Dialogues, thought to have been written in 593.  Gregory's account of Benedict's life provides a spiritual port