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The Basilica of St. Benedict was partially destroyed by earthquakes in 2016. The Abbey of St. Benedict on the Mountain (Italian: Abbazia di San Benedetto in Monte), also known as Norcia Abbey, is a Benedictine community of monks located in southeastern Umbria, just outside the city of Norcia, Italy.
Aerial view of St. Scholastica's Abbey. The Abbey of Saint Scholastica, also known as Subiaco Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di Santa Scolastica), is located just outside the town of Subiaco in the Province of Rome, Region of Lazio, Italy; and is still an active Benedictine abbey, territorial abbey, first founded in the 6th century AD by Saint Benedict of Nursia.
The second monastery was established by Petronax of Brescia around 718, at the suggestion of Pope Gregory II and with the support of the Lombard Duke Romuald II of Benevento. It was directly subject to the pope and many monasteries in Italy were under its authority. In 883, the monastery was sacked by Saracens and abandoned again.
[29] In April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI discussed the influence St Benedict had on Western Europe. The pope said that "with his life and work St Benedict exercised a fundamental influence on the development of European civilization and culture" and helped Europe to emerge from the "dark night of history" that followed the fall of the Roman empire ...
Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–543); detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico (c. 1400–1455) in the Friary of San Marco Florence. The monastery at Subiaco in Italy, established by Benedict of Nursia c. 529, was the first of the dozen monasteries he founded.
The Monastery of St. Benedict may refer to: Monastery of St. Benedict (Norcia), Italy; Monastery of St. Benedict (João Pessoa), Brazil; Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota), United States; St. Benedict's Monastery (Colorado), in Snowmass, Colorado, United States; Quarr Abbey, a Benedictine Monastery on the Isle of Wight, UK ...
San Giorgio Monastery; San Gregorio Magno al Celio; San Miniato al Monte; San Pietro Alli Marmi; San Pietro di Sorres; San Siro di Struppa; San Zeno, Pisa; Sansepolcro Abbey; Sant'Antonio in Polesine; Abbey of Santa Giustina; Santa Maria della Strada; Santa Maria di Propezzano; Santa Maria in Gruptis; Sassovivo Abbey; St. Mary of the Angels ...
In the course of the battles, the ancient abbey of Monte Cassino, where St. Benedict in AD 516 first established the Rule that ordered monasticism in the west, was entirely destroyed by Allied bombing and artillery barrages in February 1944. [nb 6]