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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.
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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.
Church of St. Benedict the Moor may refer to: St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States; St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York ...
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's Convent and College Historic District, St. Joseph, Minnesota; St. Benedict's Catholic Church (Nebraska City, Nebraska) Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish, Richmond Hill, New York; St. Benedict Catholic Church (Greensboro, North Carolina) Church of St. Benedict the Moor (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania; St. Benedict's Monastery ...
St. Bonaventure-St. Benedict the Moor Parish St. Bonaventure Church, 11458 170th St Combined in one parish. [62] St. Benedict the Moor Church, 17117 110th Ave, Jamaica Combined in one parish. St. Camillus-St. Virgillus Parish St. Camillus Church, 99-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Park: Merged in 2008. [63] St. Virgillus Church, 16 Noel Rd
The Pittsburgh Catholic is the Catholic news source for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, published for lay people, clergy and religious.It labeled itself as the oldest Catholic newspaper in continuous publication in the U.S.