Saint Benedict, Santa na ranar 11 ga Yuli

(c. 480 - c. 547)

Tarihin San Benedetto
Abin takaici ne cewa babu wani tarihin tarihin da aka rubuta game da mutumin da ya yi tasiri mafi girma akan sihiri a cikin Yamma. Benedetto sananne ne a cikin jawabai masu zuwa na San Gregorio, amma waɗannan zane-zane ne don nuna abubuwan banmamaki na aikinsa.

Benedetto an haife shi ne a cikin dangi na musamman a tsakiyar Italiya, yayi karatu a Rome kuma ya jawo hankalin monasticism a farkon rayuwarsa. Da farko ya zama dabi'a, yana barin duniya mai ɓacin rai: sojojin arna a kan tafiya, Ikilisiya ta tsage ta hanyar rarrabuwar kawuna, mutanen da ke fama da yaƙi, ɗabi'a a matakin ƙyalli.

Ba da daɗewa ba ya fahimci cewa ba zai iya yin rayuwar ɓoye ba a cikin ƙaramin birni wanda ya fi babban birni girma, don haka ya yi ritaya zuwa kogo a kan tsaunin shekaru uku. Wasu dodanni sun zabi Benedict a matsayin shugabansu na wani dan lokaci, amma sun gano tsaurinsa ba don dandano ba. Koyaya, canjin daga hermit zuwa rayuwar al'umma ya fara a gare shi. Yana da ra'ayin tattaro ɗabi'u na sufa a cikin "Babban Sufi" don ya ba su fa'idodin haɗin kai, aminci da bautar dindindin a cikin gida. Daga ƙarshe ya fara gina abin da zai zama ɗayan shahararrun gidajen tarihi a duniya: Monte Cassino, wadda ta mamaye kwaruruka uku da suka ratsa duwatsun arewacin Naples.

Dokar da ta inganta sannu a hankali an tsara rayuwar sallar larura, karatu, aikin jagora da zama tare a cikin al'umma a ƙarƙashin zama ruwan dare gama gari. Benedictine asceticism an san shi da matsakaici kuma ƙungiyar sadaka ta Benedictine koyaushe tana nuna damuwa ga mutane a cikin kewayen ƙasar. Yayin Tsakanin Tsararru, duk hankali a cikin Yamma ya kasance sannu a hankali an kawo shi ƙarƙashin Dokar San Benedetto.

A yau dangin Benedictine suna da wakilci da rassa biyu: Bungiyar Benedictine wacce ta haɗa maza da mata na San Sanya Benedetto, da Cistercians, maza da mata na Cistercian Order of Stention Obsance.

Tunani
Cocin ya sami albarka ta hanyar Benedictine na sadaukar da kai ga shari'ar, ba wai kawai a cikin bikinsa na gaskiya tare da wadataccen bikin a cikin manyan ƙasashe ba, har ma ta hanyar karatun ɗalibin membobinsa da yawa. Al'adar wani lokaci ana rikita ta da gita ko maƙe, Latin ko Bach. Dole ne mu yi godiya ga waɗanda suka kiyaye da kuma daidaita yanayin al'ada na bauta a cikin Ikilisiya.