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Benedict the Moor OFM (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a Sicilian Franciscan friar. Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello , he was freed at birth and became known for his charity.
In the 1960s, St. Benedict's parish, established in 1889, merged with that parish and two others and the building became its church. The 18-foot tall statue of St. Benedict the Moor by Frederick Charles Shrady was installed atop its tower in 1968.
In 1883 a Black Catholic mission parish named after St. Benedict the Moor was established, based on a $5,000 bequest by Fr Thomas Farrell to serve the African-American community in Lower Manhattan; his will and testament specified that if the Catholic Church was unable to spend funds for this purpose, it would instead go to the Protestant Colored Orphan Asylum.
St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York City) Topics referred to by the same term
Founded as a merger of the four defunct parishes of Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Boniface, St. Benedict the Moor, and St. Matthew, St. Martin de Porres is the only Catholic church in the Buffalo diocese with a majority-black congregation, and one of only 50 such churches in the United States.
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St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (right) and rectory. The school, named in honor of St. Benedict the Moor, was constructed of brick and was one of the first schools for black students in Florida. The students were instructed by nuns of a local convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph. There were between 90 and 100 students enrolled per year at ...
St. Benedict the Moor High School, Milwaukee; St. Benedict the Moor High School was established in 1935 by Fr. Philip Steffes, OFM Cap, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, a mostly African American community. [2] It served both boarding and day high school students, many of whom came from St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School, the ...