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Découvre la vie puissante et inspirante de saint Benoît de Nursie, fondateur du monachisme occidental et auteur de la célèbre règle bénédictine.
Ermite, bâtisseur, maître spirituel, il a façonné une voie de prière, de silence et de travail qui rayonne encore aujourd’hui dans les monastères du monde entier.
Proclamé patron de l’Europe, il est aussi invoqué contre les poisons, les fièvres et les tentations.

🎥 Dans cette vidéo :
• Sa jeunesse à Nursie et son départ pour Subiaco
• La fondation du Mont-Cassin
• L’écriture de la Règle de vie bénédictine
• Sa mort dans la prière, entouré de ses frères
• Son influence spirituelle et historique

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Éducation
Transcription
00:00Ora et labora, pray and work.
00:07This is the motto inherited from Saint Benedict of Nurcy, father of Western monasticism.
00:12Benedict was born around 480 in Nurcy, in central Italy.
00:17Born into a noble family, he was sent to Rome for his studies, but he quickly fled the decadence.
00:24He chooses silence, the mountains, prayer.
00:27He first retired to a cave near Subiaco.
00:31He lives there as a hermit, in poverty, solitude, and contemplation.
00:36Disciples join him.
00:38He founded several small monasteries, then a larger one, Monte Cassino, south of Rome.
00:45It was there that he wrote the Rule of Saint Benedict.
00:48A masterpiece of balance between spiritual life and daily work.
00:52No excess, no extreme trials, just a simple life, based on prayer, work, listening, humility.
01:02He died around 547, surrounded by his brothers, standing, arms raised to the sky.
01:09His work shaped medieval Europe.
01:12Hundreds of abbeys were born, bringing the Gospel, knowledge and peace throughout the continent.
01:20He was proclaimed patron saint of Europe by Paul Sest in 1964.
01:26It is also invoked against fevers, temptations, poisons and curses.
01:32Even today, the Benedictines live, according to his rule, in a spirit of peace, welcome and stability.
01:42Saint Benedict, father of monks and guide of the Christian West,
01:47teach us to pray, to work, to love God in silence.

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