Dates
This is the year of St. Benedict's birth.
What is 480 AD?
The name of St. Benedict's twin sister who also was a saint.
What is Scholastica?
These people who asked for Benedict's leadership actually attempted to poison him.
Who are monks?
An attempted poisoning of Benedict resulted in the miraculous shattering of a wine glass after Benedict did this.
What is the making of the Sign of the Cross to bless the wine?
A Benedictine prayer states, "Bestow on me these to hear you and these to see you."
What are eyes and ears?
This event occurred on March 21, 547.
What is Benedict's death?
Benedict was born in Italy and spent his boyhood in this famous "Eternal City."
What is Rome?
Benedict's beliefs and instructions on religious life that still direct religious life today is known as this.
What is the Rule of Saint Benedict?
Benedict was said to have performed miracles such as moving a stone and raising a dead boy using the power of this.
What is his prayer?
This is an integral part of Benedictine monastic life.
What is studying sacred scriptures?
In 529, St. Benedict established one of these at Monte Cassino, France.
What is a monastery?
As a young man, Benedict studied this.
What is the art of persuasive speaking?
Benedict often prayed these songs and poems.
What are the psalms?
Benedict raised from the dead, a son of a farmer. Another word for raised from the dead is this.
What is resurrect?
This alliterative Pope and saint wrote about St. Benedict in his Second Book of Dialogues.
What is Gregory the Great?
This special day was formerly March 21, but is now celebrated on July 11.
What is St. Benedict's feast day?
Benedict gave up his inheritance and moved to the mountains and lived as this.
What is a hermit?
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 a community or "Grand Monastery"?
Benedict built 3 monasteries on the rocks of mountains. To aid the monks' daily labor, Benedict caused this to spring forth at the top of the mountain.
What is water?
Alliterative meaning of the name Benedict, or Benedictus.
What is blessed?
Pope Paul VI proclaimed St. Benedict the patron saint of all Europe in this year, which is the same year the Civil Right Act was signed into law.
What is 1964?
While living in a cave, the Devil tempted Benedict with this.
What is a beautiful woman?
St. Benedict built this many monasteries, one of which he served as the abbot.
What is 13?
A disobedient monk withheld this from the needy and Benedict prayed and the vesseled overflowed with this.
What is oil?
Benedictine or ________ monks, due to the color of the members' religious habits.
What is black?