Written by 6th century Pope St. Gregory I, this text is one of the only ancient accounts of St. Benedict's life and work. St. Gregory first introduces the life of Benedict with information about his birthplace in Italy, his parentage, and his primary education. St. Gregory tells us that at an early age, St. Benedict abandoned all worldly cares to seek a life of close union with God. In his adulthood, St. Benedict built twelve monasteries and was believed to have performed numerous miracles.
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II. How he overcame a temptation of the flesh.
- CHAPTER III. How St. Benedict brake a glass by the sign of the cross.
- CHAPTER IV. How he reclaimed an indevout Monk.
- CHAPTER V. How by the prayer of the man of God a spring issued from the top of a mountain.
- CHAPTER VI. How the iron head of a bill from the bottom of the water returned to the handle again.
- CHAPTER VII. How his disciple Maurus walked on the water.
- CHAPTER VIII. Of the poisoned loaf which the crow carried away.
- CHAPTER IX. How the man of God by his prayer, removed a huge stone.
- CHAPTER X. Of the fantastical fire which burned the kitchen.
- CHAPTER XI. How a boy crushed by the fall of a wall was healed by the servant of God.
- CHAPTER XII. Of Monks who had eaten out of their monastery.
- CHAPTER XIII. How he reproved the brother of Valentinian the Monk for eating by the way.
- CHAPTER XIV. How he discovered the dissimulation of King Totila.
- CHAPTER XV. How he prophesied to king Totila and to the Bishop of Canosa.
- CHAPTER XVI. How venerable Benedict dispossessed a certain clerk from the Devil.
- CHAPTER XVII. How he prophecied the destruction of his Monastery.
- CHAPTER XVIII. How St. Benedict discovered the hiding of a flagon of wine.
- CHAPTER XIX. How the man of God reproved a Monk for receiving certain napkins.
- CHAPTER XX. How the man of God understood the proud thought of one of his Monks.
- CHAPTER XXI. Of two hundred measures of meal found before the man of God’s cell.
- CHAPTER XXII. How by a vision, he gave order to construct the Monastery of Terracina.
- CHAPTER XXIII. How certain Religious women were absolved after their death.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Of a boy who was cast out of his grave.
- CHAPTER XXV. Of the Monk, who leaving his Monastery met a dragon in the way.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Of the boy cured of the Leprosy.
- CHAPTER XXVII. How St. Benedict miraculously procured money for a poor man to discharge his debt.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. How a bottle was cast down upon the stones and not broken.
- CHAPTER XXIX. How an empty barrel was filled with oil.
- CHAPTER XXX. How he delivered a Monk from the devil.
- CHAPTER XXXI. How a country man was loosed by only the sight of the man of God.
- CHAPTER XXXII. How he raised a child from the dead.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. Of the miracle wrought by his sister Scholastica.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. In what manner St. Benedict saw the soul of his sister go forth from her body.
- CHAPTER XXXV. How the whole world was repesented before his eyes: and the soul of Germanus, Bishop of Capua.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. How he wrote a Rule for Monks.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. How he prophetically foretold his death to his Brethren.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. How a mad woman was cured in his cave.
- CHRONOLOGYOF THE LIFE OF THE MOST HOLY PATRIARCH SAINT BENEDICT
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