Benedict
ST., the founder of the to Rome when very young, and there leto, in Italy, in 480 A. D. He was sent BENEDICTINE received the first part pa of his education; when 14 years of age, he removed to Subiaco, a desert place about 40 miles abbot; their manners, however, not agreeing with those of Benedict, he reern. The monks of a neighboring monastery subsequently chose him for their abbot; their manners, however, not agreeing with those of Benedict, he re- 12 monasteries. About 528 he retired sons followed him, and in a short time he was enabled to build no fewer than 12 monasteries. About 528 he retired still prevalent. Having converted the to Monte Cassino, where idolatry was the statue of Apollo, overthrew the altar, people of the adjacent country, he broke a monastery, and instituted the Order one dedicated to St. Martin, the other to a monastery, and instituted the Order St. John. Here St. Benedict also founded of his name, which in time extended all over Europe. It was here, too, that he where St. Benedict died; some say at Authors are not agreed upon the place been at Rome about 543 or 547. Gregory Monte Cassino; others affirm it to have been at Rome about 543 or 547. Gregory the Great, in the second "Book of his Dialogues," has written a "Life of St.
Benedict." the Benedictine monks of the abbey of Fécamp, in Normandy, consisting of spirit (fine brandy) containing an infusion of the juices of plants. It has been made in the same way since 1510.