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Benedict of Nursia
Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (480-543 AD) was a renowned Christian saint and the founder of the Benedictine Order. His life and teachings had a profound impact on the religious and cultural life of medieval Europe. more

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“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of stars-mere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is "mere". I too see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? ...What is the pattern, or the meaning, or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it.”