Man of blessing
Subtitle: a life of Saint Benedict
By: by Carmen Acevedo Butcher.
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Brewster, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.; Christian saints -- Italy -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Map of Benedict's italy; title: Chronology; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Medieval biography; title: Gregory and Benedict; title: A golden Roman; title: In a dark time; title: Family and education; title: School of rhetoric; title: Disinheritance and a cracked sifter; title: Unwanted celebrity; title: The rock and the bell; title: Solipsistic hermithood?; title: Vicovaro and Subiaco; title: Miracles of lake and spring; title: A bored monk and bad bread; title: Turning pagan rites into Monte Cassino; title: Writing down a little rule; title: How Benedict heals a boy; title: Scant bread, scarce olive oil; title: King Totila's farce; title: Totila's genuine visit; title: Greed and a lamp; title: Impolite pride; title: Tarracina; title: The poor and oppressed; title: Resurrection child; title: Benedict's final heartaches; title: Conversation and a cloud; title: The death of twins; title: A posthumous touch.