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BENEDICT
... - 547 (?)


Benedict was Saint Benedict of Nursia and a monk. He was founder of the Benedictine monastery in Monte Cassino. 

Benedict wrote the Benedictine Rule, on which the Order of Saint Benedict is based.


On this map you can check the location of Nursia and Monte Cassino.

Map of the Germanic Kingdoms and the East Roman Empire in 526
LOCATION OF NURSIA AND MONTE CASSINO, ITALY
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And here is the ecclesiastical map of the British Isles and Western Europe in the Middle Ages:

Ecclesiastical Map of the British Isles in the Middle Ages
5th-13th Century British Isles Ecclesiastical
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Ecclesiastical Map of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Inset: Vicinity of Naples.
Western Europe Ecclesiastical 5th-13th Century
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