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SUMMARY:Saturday 13th July\, Salinas Church 11:30am Holy Eucharist for St 
 Benedict
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DESCRIPTION:Saint Benedict\, was an Italian monk\, writer\, and theologian
 \, born in Nursia (modern day Norcia) in Umbria on 2 March 480. He was sen
 t to Rome to study\, but was disappointed by academic life within a large 
 city and escaped to Enfide (modern day Affile)\, in the Simbruini mountain
 s\, some 65km east of Rome. Here Benedict met a monk who’s isolated mona
 stery was situated on a mountainside above the village\, and who invited B
 enedict to take the monk's habit and become a hermit\, which Benedict did\
 , for three years.  \n\nDuring these three years of solitude\, broken only
  by occasional communications with the outside world\, Benedict grew in mi
 nd and character\, in knowledge of himself and of his fellow man\, while a
 t the same time becoming not only known to\, but respected by\, those arou
 nd him. He went on to found 12 monasteries in the vicinity of neighbouring
  town\, Subiaco\, before moving south-east to Monte Cassino.\n\nAt Monte C
 assino he produced his life’s greatest work\, the Rule of St Benedict\, 
 which consisted of a set of rules for his monks to follow. The Rule is sai
 d to possess a unique spirit of balance\, moderation and reasonableness\, 
 which was why most religious communities founded in the Middle Ages chose 
 to adopt it. To this day\, the Rule of St Benedict remains the most common
  and influential Rule used by monastic order\, some 1500 years after its w
 riting. \n\nBenedict died of a fever at Monte Cassino on 21 March 547. He 
 was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964 and in 1980 P
 ope John Paul II declared him to be co-patron of Europe\, together with Sa
 ints Cyril and Methodius. Here in Spain\, on the island of Tenerife\, Bene
 dict is regarded as the patron saint of fields & farmers and an annual rom
 eria is held in his honour.\n\nSee details of talks for St Benedict week\,
  organised by the Lay Community of St Benedict\, here - https://www.lcsb.u
 k/st-benedict-week?utm_campaign. \n\nThe picture of St Benedict above is p
 art of a depiction in the Benedetto Portinari Triptych\, by Hans Memling -
  Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork\, Public Domain\, https://co
 mmons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12211505
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LOCATION:Salinas Anglican Congregation
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