Saint Benedict of Campagna

Also known as

• Benedict the Hermit
• Benedict of Campania

Memorial

• 23 March

Profile

Benedictine hermit in the Campagna region of Italy. Friend of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Captured by Totila the Goth, he was thrown in a fire to die; he stayed in the flames until the next day when he miraculously emerged unharmed.

Died

• c.550 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benedict of Campagna”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 March 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benedict-of-campagna/>