Benedictus (of Nursia)

Japanese: ベネディクトゥス[ヌルシアの]（英語表記）Benedictus

Saint Benedict, founder of Western monasticism from about 480 to 550. Little is known about his life. Born to a noble family in Nursia, near Spoleto in central Italy, he went to Rome around 500 to study law, but was shocked by the decadence of the ancient city and became a hermit, first studying in a cave in Afile and then in Subiaco. He also built 12 monasteries in the area for the monks who gathered around him and provided guidance for them. In about 529 he moved to Monte Cassino (Monte Cassino Abbey) and never left there. In his later years, after 534, he wrote his only work, the Rule of Benedict.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

480ころ‐550ころ
西欧修道制の創設者，聖人。生涯についてはよく知られていない。イタリア中部，スポレトに近いヌルシアNursiaの名門の家に生まれ，500年ころ法律を学ぶためにローマに赴いたが，この古都の退廃に衝撃を受けて隠修士となり，最初はアフィレ，次いでスビアコの洞窟で修行した。また彼のもとに集まった修道士のために付近に12の修道院を建ててその指導に当たった。529年ころモンテ･カッシノ(モンテ･カッシノ修道院)に移り，以後ここを離れず，晩年の534年以後，彼の唯一の著作〈ベネディクトゥス会則〉を執筆した。

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