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Catholic AnswerSt. Benedict founded his Order and many monasteries in the early sixth century, and died in 547 A.D.Benedict was canonized in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III.
Saint Benedict of Nursia was born about the year 480 AD.
Saint Benedict of Nursia was born about the year 480 AD in Nursia, Italy.
Saint Benedict was born in Rome about the year 480. He had a twin sister, Saint Scholastica.
Yes, Saint Benedict of Nursia was canonized in Rome in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III.
There is only one pope named Benedict who has been declared a saint and that is Pope Saint Benedict II who died in the year 685. There was no canonization process in place at the time so he would have been declared a saint by an early Church bishop at the request of the local Church.
St. Benedict was canonized in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III.
Benedict was canonized in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III. --
St. Benedict of Nursia was canonized in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III.
Benedict and Scholastica were siblings. In fact, Saint Scholastica and Saint Benedict of Nursia were twins. They were very close, even as adults they would travel and meet up at least once a year.
St. Benedict had been considered a saint for centuries and that was confirmed in the year 1220 by Pope Honorius III when he was canonized. He was not beatified first.
.Catholic AnswerSt. Benedict wrote his rule many years before his death in 547 A.D.