From Encyclopaedia Brittanica….Italian monkWRITTEN BYMichael David KnowlesRegius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1954–63. Author of The Benedictines: A Digest for Moderns; Thomas Becket; and others.See Article HistoryAlternative Titles: Saint Benedict of Norcia, Saint Benedict of Nursia St. Benedict, in full Saint Benedict of Nursia, Nursia also spelled Norcia, (born c. 480 CE, Nursia [Italy]—died c. 547, Monte Cassino; feast day July 11, formerly […]