Benedikt von Nursia
Fresko, um 550
Fresko, um 550
Geboren um 480 (Nursia bei Perugia)
Gestorben 21. März 547 (Monte Cassino bei Cassino)
Heiligsprechung 1220 durch Papst Honorius III.
Festtag July 11 (Roman Catholic calendar of saints und Anglican Communion); March 14 (Byzantine Rite); March 21 (on local calendars and in the General Roman Calendar of 1962)
Verehrungsstätte Monte Cassino Abbey, with his burial; Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France; Sacro Speco, at Subiaco, Italy
Schutzpatron
  • Against poison
  • Against witchcraft
  • Agricultural workers
  • Cavers
  • Civil engineers
  • Coppersmiths
  • Dying people
  • Erysipelas
  • Europe
  • Farmers
  • Fever
  • Gall stones
  • Heerdt (Germany)
  • Inflammatory diseases
  • Italian architects
  • Kidney disease
  • Monks
  • Nettle rash
  • Norcia (Italy)
  • People in religious orders
  • Schoolchildren
  • Servants who have broken their master's belongings
  • Speliologists
  • Spelunkers
  • Temptations
Attribute
  • Bell
  • Broken cup
  • Broken cup and serpent representing poison
  • Broken utensil
  • Bush
  • Crosier
  • Man in a Benedictine cowl holding Benedict's rule or a rod of discipline
  • Raven