Benedict was born in Nursia in Italy and lived from about 480 to 550 AD. After studying in Rome, he tried to live before God in solitude as a hermit in a cave at Subiaco, but was soon joined by others ...

In 2016 a series of earthquakes wreaked havoc in central Italy. Among the towns hit hard ... Benedict was born in Nursia — the Latin name for Norcia — and the site of his birth, in the fifth ...