Saint Benedict of Sebaste

Also known as

• Benedict of Quincay

Memorial

• 23 October

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Bishop of Sebaste, Samaria. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Benedict fled to Gaul. Hermit near Poitiers, France where he attracted so many would-be students that the monastery later known as Saint Benedict of Quincay grew up around his hermitage.

Died

• c.654

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benedict of Sebaste”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 July 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benedict-of-sebaste/>