BENEDICT the Moor, Saint. — Born c. 1526 in San Fratello near Messina, from descendants of ancestors who had been slaves brought from Africa to Sicily, and was freed. Already among his companions, with whom he tended the flock, he was called the “Santo Moro” [Holy Moor] for his angelic disposition and his native complexion. Eager for penance, he joined the institute of the Hermits of Jerome Lanza, succeeding him as superior. In 1562, when the institute was suppressed by Pius IV, he entered the Friars Minor at the convent of Santa Maria di Gesù in Palermo, humbly serving as cook. Severe with himself, he was all kindness toward his brethren, who, admiring such virtue, elected him in 1578—though a lay brother—guardian, then vicar and master of novices in the same convent, where he died on 4 April 1589. He was canonized by Pius VII on 24 May 1807, and Palermo chose him as its patron from 1652. His feast is celebrated on 4 April.
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BENEDICT I, POPE — Cross offered by Emperor Justin II (579) — Vatican City, Treasury of St. Peter.
Deposed at the Sixth Ecumenical Council. Restored the churches of St. Peter and St. Lawrence in Lucina and embellished St. Valentine on the Via Flaminia and St. Mary ad Martyres, the ancient Pantheon. He died on May 8, 685, and was buried in St. Peter’s. The Church venerates him on May 7.
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