Benedict: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Benedict on March 14 on the New Calendar and March 27 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Benedict of Nursia.
The saint
St Benedict of NursiaBenedict was born around 480 in Nursia and sent as a young man to study in Rome, but the behavior he found among his fellow students there troubled him enough that, still in his teens, he abandoned that path and withdrew instead to a solitary life.Read the life ›Other saints named Benedict
St Benedict Biscop of WearmouthJanuary 12
Questions
- When is the name day for Benedict?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Benedict on March 14 on the New Calendar and March 27 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Benedict?
- It is the feast of St Benedict of Nursia.