Foyer | Benedictine College

Foyer, St. Benedict Hall

St. BenedictClose

St. Benedict (480-547), founder of the Benedictine Order.

St. Gregory
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Gregory the Great (540-604), Pope St. Gregory I, is a Doctor of the Church and one of the Latin Fathers.

Br. Jean Mabillon
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Brother Jean Mabillon (1632-1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar and the “greatest historical scholar of his century.” A Paris Métro station is named for him.

Aristotle (384–322 BC) was one of the great ancient philosophers of Greece and the surrounding region. His work greatly informed the theological and philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Dante &
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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), author of The Divine Comedy, who is called simply “the Poet” in Italy.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon (1475-1654) was the great scuptor and painter.

St. Thomas
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St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is the great philosopher and doctor of the Church. He was taught as a child by Benedictines.

Jesus ChristClose

Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God.

Abbot Alcuin
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Abbot Alcuin (735-840), is an English Benedictine called “The most learned man anywhere to be found.”

Pope Leo XIII
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Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) was Pope from 1878-1903. His Rerum Novarum is the original Catholic social encyclical. He assisted John Henry Newman and Therese of Lisieux.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the great German composer, a student of Joseph Haydn.

Pasteur &
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Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) “Full of respect for the form of religion which had been that of his forefathers, he came simply to it and naturally for spiritual help in these last weeks of his life.”

Brother Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Augustinian friar whose genetic experiments had an impact on science and agriculture that is felt to our day.

St. Raymond
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St. Raymond of Penyafort, O.P. (1175-1275) created the first canon law, was a great apologist against the claims of Islam, and got Aquinas to write the Summa Contra Gentiles.

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