Impacts
An attempted poisoning of Benedict resulted in the miraculous shattering of a wine glass after Benedict did this.
Made the Sign of the Cross to bless the wine.
What year was St. Benedict born?
480 AD.
What 4 objects/ items are typically pictured in portraits of St. Benedict?
A raven, a broken cup (chalice), his staff and or the Rule.
This Pope / Saint wrote about St. Benedict in his Second Book of Dialogues.
St. Gregory the Great.
In what country did St. Benedict's monasteries originate?
Italy
Benedict was said to have performed miracles such as moving a stone and raising a dead boy using the power of this.
Through the power of his prayer.
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
Where were St. Benedict's monasteries founded?
Subiaco, Italy
St. Benedict built how many monasteries, including one of which he served as the abbot.
13.
What was in the sunbeam of St. Benedict's vision?
All of creation
What did the devil tempt St. Benedict with while living in a cave?
A beautiful woman.
What year did St. Benedict establish his monastery in Monte Cassino, France?
In 529 AD
Whose village was Saint Benedict's cave close near?
Nero's Villiage
A disobedient monk withheld this from the needy and Benedict prayed and the vesseled overflowed with what?
Oil.
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
St. Benedict changed the idea of monks living as hermits to this type of living together where they had unity, fraternity, and permanent worship in one house.
What is community or "Grand Monastery"?
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
Pope Paul VI proclaimed St. Benedict the patron saint of all Europe in this year. (This is also the same year the Civil Right Act was signed into law.)
In 1964.
Who did St. Benedict dedicate the old altar of Apollo to?
St. John the Baptist