Impacts
True or false: Saint Benedict’s advice and instructions on humility, silence, and obedience have become part of the spiritual treasury of the church
true
True or false: St. Benedict did not perform miracles or have visions.
False.
Who was St. Benedict's twin?
St. Scholastica
The formal fall of the Western Roman Empire was in ____ a.d.
476
In what did St. Benedict live in when he was a hermit?
A cave
What was the name of the set of rules St. Benedict wrote for monks?
Rule of Saint Benedict
How many monasteries were founded by St. Benedict?
12
Who assisted St. Benedict with material and spiritual needs?
Romanus
Where did St. Benedict die?
Monte Casino
In what country did St. Benedict's monasteries originate?
Italy
How many years have St. Benedict's routines been used in Christianity?
Nearly 1,500 years
What was in the sunbeam of St. Benedict's vision?
All of creation
How many times a year did St. Scholastica visit her brother?
once a year
What was his first miracle?
Fixed a broken dish.
Whose village was Saint Benedict's cave close near?
Nero's Villiage
How did St. Benedict influence holy women in the Benedictine Convent?
He set rules that the holy women were to live by.
What did St. Benedict do before he died?
Received Holy Communion
How many people did St. Benedict first instruct?
three shepherds
Which Pope canonized St. Benedict as a saint?
Pope Honorius III
Where were St. Benedict's monasteries founded?
Subiaco, Italy
St. Benedict provided a complete rule for the government, spiritual, and material well-being for ________
Monasteries
Why did St. Benedict leave behind his family, friends, and wealth?
He did not agree with the brutality and immortality in his ife.
Who inspired St. Benedict's rules for monks?
St. John Cassian
What did St. Benedict see above the convent the day that St. Scholastica died?
A white dove
Who did St. Benedict dedicate the old altar of Apollo to?
St. John the Baptist