21 March. BCP. Benedict, Archbishop
21 March. BCP. Benedict, Archbishop. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/notes/saints.html#Benedict Benedict (of Nursia) Abbot (A.D. 480-543). The founder of the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino, the site of an old temple of Apollo. He was the author of the Benedictine rule. Of noble birth, he was repelled by the licentiousness and utter confusion of his age. He dedicated himself from boyhood to a monastic life, reviving monasticism from degeneracy to a lofty and refined ideal, from from excessive austerity, and admitting of high culture and learning. His own character, though not without severity, was full of beauty and holiness. -- March 21st.