The name "Benedict" also calls to mind the extraordinary figure of the great "Patriarch of Western Monasticism", St Benedict of Nursia, Co-Patron of Europe... The gradual expansion of the Benedictine Order that he founded had an enormous influence on the spread of Christianity across the Continent. St Benedict is therefore deeply venerated... he is a fundamental reference point... a powerful reminder of the indispensable Christian roots of his culture and civilization.
-- His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
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