Benedict
Benedict, also called Saint Benedict of Nursia, was born in AD 480 in Nurisa and died in AD 543 in modern-day Monte Cassino, Italy. Saint Benedict became a monk as a young man. According to Saint Gregory's Book of Dialogues, Benedict's parents had sent him to Rome for studies, but he did not like Rome so he fled to Subiaco, where a monk named Romanus cared for him and evidently sparked Christian faith into him. After becoming a monk at a young age, Benedict created a book of rules called the Benedictine Rule for monks to live by.
The Benedictine Rule
The Benedictine Rule is a book of rules created by Saint Benedict. This book was made in the early 500s and is a set of life guidelines for Benedictine monasteries back then and today. Some of the rules in the book include vows of commitment such as stability, conversion, and obedience. Other sections of the book include the necessities a monk should have, such as a uniform, which only an Abbot (the head of a monastery) can present.