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  1. Founder of Christian monasticism in the
  2. West and of the Benedictine order. He
  3. founded the monastery of Monte Cassino,
  4. Italy. Here he wrote out his rule for
  5. monastic life, and was visited shortly before
  6. his death by the Ostrogothic king Totila,
  7. whom he converted to the Christian faith.
  8. Feast day 11 July.
  9.