Saint Benezet

Also known as

• Benedict the Bridge Builder
• Bennet
• Benet
• Benoit

Memorial

• 14 April

Profile

Shepherd. During an eclipse he received a vision telling him to build a bridge over the Rhone at Avignon; angels would watch his flocks while he was gone. When the church and civil officials refused to help him, he lifted a huge stone into place, and announced it would be the start of the foundation; eighteen miracles occurred, the officials recanted, and the bridge was built. Legendary founder of the bridge-building brotherhoods.

Born

• c.1163 at Hermillon, Savoy, France

Died

• 1184
• body found incorrupt in 1669

Patronage

• Avignon
• bachelors
• bridge builders

Representation

• boy carrying a large stone on his shoulder

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benezet“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>